HIS 132 Quiz 1

1. Corporation

people share the ownership of a business through buying shares or stock.

2. Monopoly

exclusive control by one company of an entire industry.

3. Social Darwinism

the belief that certain individuals, or even nations and races were more fit to survive and prosper than others.

4. Labor Union

an organization of workers that work together to try to achieve more rights on the job.

5. Strike

refusal to work as a form of protest by employees.

6. Populists

political movement that sought to counter the power of monopolistic capitalism with a strong, engaged, and modern federal government.

7. Assimilation

the process of being absorbed into the cultural tradition of a population or group.

8. Allotment

splintered Native American reservations into individual family homesteads to encourage American-style agriculture.

9. The Frontier Thesis

idea that waves of “civilization” moved west across the continent, and led to the development of a unique American hustle and democratic spirit.

10. Urbanization

the process of an increasing percentage of the population living in cities.

11. Political Machine

a political organization in which a boss controls a group of supporters in exchange for rewards for their efforts.

12. Suffrage

the right to vote.

13. Segregation

separation or of a race, class, or ethnic group in residence, access to facilities, or other discriminatory means.

14. Lynching

the extralegal murder of individuals by vigilantes.

15. The Lost Cause

re-imagined the past to glorify the Confederacy and romanticized the Old South

16. Imperialism

a practice in which nations seek to control other countries politically and economically.

17. Annexation

the addition of an area or region to a country, state, etc.

18. Yellow Journalism

sensationalistic or biased stories that newspapers present as objective truth.

19. “Big Stick Diplomacy”

policy of carefully mediated negotiation supported by the unspoken threat of a powerful military

20. Immigration

the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.