Unit 4- Industrialism

another dumb test

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