Reformers

Refuge

place of safety for a group of animals or people

Lynching

murdered by a mob, without any legal authority, often my hanging or burning

Inflation

You process that makes many more widely available and therefore less valuable

Trade

You practical skill or craft done by hand, such as carpentry or plumbing

Abolitionist

A person who fights to end slavery

Oratory

Giving speeches or reciting poems and essays for an audience

Boycott

An action in which people refuse to buy certain services or goods in order to force change

Suffrage

The right to vote

Monopoly

A company that controls and entire industry to let it come pedis company to limit competition

Socialist

When he believes that industries should be owned by the government

Progressive era

The period between 1898 and 1917 when political economic , and social reformers were made

Scapegoat

Someone or something that receives the blame for things that go wrong

Depression

A period of severe economic hardship with high levels of unemployment and poverty

Assassinate

To murder a person who holds a political office

Segregation

Force the separation of people according to race sex or other characteristics

Civil rights

Rights guaranteed to under the United States Constitution

Landmark

An important building or place

Muckraker

A journalist who informs the public about corruption in business

Labor union

An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members

Trade unions

Early labor organizations that brought together workers in the same trade, or job, to fight for better wages and working conditions

Trusts

An organization of companies formed with the intention of controlling an industry

Industrialization

The development of industries for the machine production of goods.

Investor

A person who lends money in a business deal in order to make more money

Transcontinental

Extending across a continent

Capital

Money in the form of savings that is invested in a business

Tenement

A building in which several families rent rooms or apartments, often with little sanitation or safety

Boarder

A person who pays a homeowner a fixed price for meals and a room

Political machine

An organized group that controlled the activities of a political party in a city

Political boss

The head of a political machine

Anarchist

A person who opposes all forms of government.

Corporations

Group of people who have joined together to operate as one "legit unit" for business purposes

Urbanization

An increase in the number of people living in the cities

Antebellum Period

The time period before the Civil War during which there were many reforms, including the establishment of free (tax-supported) public schools, improving the treatment of the mentally ill, controlling/abolishing the sale of alcohol, winning equal legal/political rights for women, and abolishing slavery.

Gilded Age

1870s - 1890s; time period looked good on the outside, despite the corrupt politics & growing gap between the rich & poor