Industrial & Progressive Vocab.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 urbanization | growth of cities resulting from industrialization |
| tenement | an apartment building that is usually run-down and crowded |
| slum | a neighborhood with overcrowded and dangerous housing |
| social gospel | a movement aimed at improving the lives of the poor |
| political machine | an organization that influences enough voters to control a local government |
| assimilation | the process of blending into a society |
| racial discrimination | different treatment based on a person's race |
| segregation | separation especially of races |
| mass culture | common culture experienced by large numbers of people |
| progressivism | an early 20th century reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people, to restore economic opportunities, and to correct injustices in American life |
| muckrakers | around 1900, the term for journalists who exposed problems in American society |
| direct primary | voters, rather than party conventions, choose candidates to run for public office |
| initiative | the procedure that allows voters to propose a law directly |
| referendum | when a proposed law is submitted to a vote of the people |
| recall | to vote an official out of office |
| philanthropists | people who give large sums of money to charities |
| robber baron | a business leader who became wealthy through dishonest methods |
| standard | time system in the U.S. created because of the railroad |
| transcontinental | crossing the entire country |
| monopoly | a company that wipes out its competitors and controls and industry |
| sweatshop | places where workers labored long hours under poor conditions for low wages |
| corporation | a business owned by investors who buy part of the company through shares of stock |
| socialism | an economic system, where all members of society are equal owners of business and share the work and profits |
| trust | a legal body created to hold stock in many companies |
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