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Monopoly
A company that controls all production and sales of a particular product or service.
Tenements
Cheap apartment buildings. Small, dark, dangerous buildings where any people lived. They were very crowded and lacked fresh air and water.
Populism
A political strategy based on a calculated appeal to the interests or prejudices of ordinary people.
Progressivism
Favoring or advocating change or reform, as opposed to maintain things as they are.
Thomas Edison
Known for inventing the light bulb and for the production of electricity in homes.
Wright Brothers
Known for building and flying the first airplane in 1903.
Henry Ford
Known for using the assembly line for mass production of automobiles.
Assembly Line
An arrangement of machines, tools, and workers in which a product is assembled by having each perform a specific task.
Muckrakers
People who search for and expose real or alleged corruption and scandals, especially in politics.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Banning Chinese people from immigrating to the United States for 10 years.
Sherman Antitrust Act
A law that made it illegal to create monopolies or trusts that restrained trade.
Horizontal Intefration
Owning all businesses in a certain field.
Vertical Integration
Ownership of businesses involved in every step of the manufacturing process.
Entrepreneur
Someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it.
Trust
A group of corporations that unite in order to reduce competition and control prices in a business or an industry.
Laissez-Faire
A theory that economies work best when there is minimal involvement from government.
Progressives
Reformers who are looking for change in politics, society, and/or business.
Imperialism
The policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries.
Political Machines
Powerful organizations linked to political parties
Suffragists
A man or women who fought for a women's right to vote.
Prohibition
The nationwide ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor in the United States that went into effect with the 18th Amendment. (1919)
Corporation
A business that is owned by many investors.
Spoils System
Rewarding political supporters with jobs and favors.
Conservation
The protection and preservation of the country's natural resources.
What book did upton Sinclair write
The jungle
Who controlled 1/3 of the nations steel production
Andrew Carnegie
Who owned 90% of the nations oil industry by the 1900s
John D. Rockefeller
Who made major improvements to the assembly line
Henry Ford
This ship exploded and was one reason the U.S. joined the Spanish-American war.
USS Maine
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