quiz social studies

Gilded age

Great wealth & industrial growth making underlying poverty & corruption

Laissez faire

A government policy of not interfering in private business

Political machine

Often corrupt organizations that maintained political control through a boss or small group

Robber baron

A business leader who amassed wealth through ruthless practices

Captain of industry

A business leader who contributes positively to the country in some way

Monopoly

Exclusive control of commodity or service by one person or group

Trust

Competing companies in the same industry transferred their stock to a board of trustees

Nativism

A policy favoring native born Americans over immigrants

Tenements

Crowded apartment building with poor standards

Ghetto

An area in which one ethic or racial group

Yelllow journalism

Exaggerated newspaper /fake news

Urbanization

A rapid growth of cities as people moved

Assimilation

Process by which people of one culture merge into and become part another culture

Settlement house

Community center organized to provide services to the urban poor

Philanthropist

Person who donates to worthy causes

Graft

The dishonest use of a public office for personal gain

Subsidy

Payment made by the government to encourage the development of certain industries

Chinese exclusion act

Law passed in 1882 that prohibited Chinese labors from entering the country

Muckraker

A journalist or writer who investigates and exposes corruption and other scandals in government and business

Labor strike

An organized work stoppage by employer often led by labor union to protest against working conditions

Temperance movement

To eliminate alcohol consumption

Vaudeville

A popular variety show

Ragtime

A style of music

Suburbs

A residential community surrounding a city

Industrialization

The process of transforming a society economy from a handicraft based system to a machine craft system