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Laissez-faire
Government stays out of business.
Robber Barons
Wealthy industrialists accused of exploiting workers.
Monopoly
One company dominates an industry.
Trusts
Companies working together to reduce competition.
Vertical Integration
Company controls every step of production.
Horizontal Integration
Buying out competitors.
AFL
Skilled workers union.
IWW
Wanted all workers united.
Closed shop
Must join union before getting hired.
Homestead Strike
A violent labor conflict.
Ellis Island
Immigration station in New York.
Political machines
Traded jobs/help for votes.
Tammany Hall
Famous NYC political machine.
Pendleton Act
Civil service jobs based on merit, not connections.
Americanization Movement
Taught immigrants English/American culture.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Banned Chinese immigration.
Jim Crow Laws
Legalized segregation.
Social Darwinism
Survival of the fittest applied to society.
Theodore Roosevelt
Important President during the Progressive Era.
Pure Food and Drug Act
Ensured safer food and medicine.
Sherman Antitrust Act
Attacked monopolies.
Trustbusting
Breaking up monopolies.
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Showed terrible factory conditions.
Fireside Chats
Reassured Americans during the New Deal.
SSA
Social Security Administration.
McCarthyism
Characterized by accusations of communism.
Containment
Stop spread of communism.
Truman Doctrine
Aid countries resisting communism.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Prohibited racial discrimination in voting.
Domino Theory
If one nation became communist, others would follow.
Napalm
An incendiary weapon used in Vietnam.
Watergate
Scandal that caused Nixon's resignation.
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement.
Land Bridge Theory
Migration theory of early humans from Asia.
Columbian Exchange
Transfer of goods and diseases between the Old World and the New World.
Jamestown
First permanent English colony in America.
Indentured servants
Workers who contracted to work for passage.