7th-Chapter 19-21-The Industrial Age/Urbanization/Gilded/Progressive 25-26
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second industrial revolution
period of rapid growth in U.S. manufacturing in the late 1800s.
patents
exclusive rights to make or sell inventions
implement
to put in place
corporations
businesses that sell portions of ownership called stock shares.
acquire
to get
monopoly
total ownership of a product or service
tenements
poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings
Chinese Exclusion Act
banned Chinese people from immigrating to the U.S. for 10 years
mass transit
public transportation designed to move many people
suburbs
residential neighborhoods outside of downtown areas
mass culture
leisure and cultural activities shared by many people
department stores
giant retail shops
political machines
powerful organizations that used both legal and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to public office
Progressives
group of reformers who worked to improve social and political problems in the late 1800s
muckrakers
journalists who "raked up" and exposed corruption and problems of society
recall
a vote to remove an official from office
initiative
allowed voters to propose a new law by collecting signatures on a petition
referendum
permitted voters to approve or reject a law that had already been proposed or passed by a government body
capitalism
an economic system in which private businesses run most industries and competition determines the price of the goods.
socialism
a system in which the government owns and operates a country's means of production
National American Woman Suffrage Association
an organization founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in 1890 to obtain women's right to vote
(NAACP) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
an organization that called for economic and educational equality for African Americans
Pure Food and Drug Act
a law that prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs
Conservation
the protection of nature and its resources