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20 Cards in this Set
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Progressive Movement |
started in the late 1800s as a response to problems caused by the rapid urbanization and industrialization of the United States after the Civil War |
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Homestead Act |
1862 law passed by Congress to encourage settlement in the West by giving government-owned land to small farmers |
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Populist Party |
political party formed in 1892 that supported work reforms, immigration restrictions, and government ownership of railroad, telegraphs, and telephone systems |
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Patent |
an exclusive right to make or sell an invention |
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Corporation |
a business that sells portions of ownership called stock shares |
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Tenements |
poorly built, overcrowded housing where many immigrants lived |
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Ellis Island |
government run immigration center in New York Harbor where European immigrants were processed |
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Angel Island |
government run immigration center near San Francisco, CA where Chinese immigrants were processed |
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Social Darwinism |
a view of society based on Charles Darwin's scientific theory of natural selection - "survival of the fittest" |
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monopoly |
complete control over the entire supply of goods or a service in a particular market |
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capitalism |
an economic system in which private businesses run most industries |
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entrepreneur |
a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so |
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robber baron |
an American capitalist who acquired a fortune in the late 19th/early 20th century by ruthless means |
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muckrakers |
a term coined for journalists who “raked up” and exposed corruption and problems of society |
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labor union |
an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests |
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assembly line |
a series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled |
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reform |
make changes in something in order to improve it |
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strike |
the refusal of workers to perform their jobs until employers meet their demands |
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Jim Crow Laws |
laws that enforced segregation in the southern states |
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The Nadir Period |
Period where racism was at it’s peak. |
