Push Factor- a condition that drives people from their homeleamd

Pull Factor- a condition that attracts to move to a new area

Acculturation- process of holding on to old traditions while adapting to a new culture

Immigrant- a person who enters another country in order to settle there

Muckraker- a journalist who exposed corruption and bad buisness practices in the late 1800s and early 1900s

Monopoly- a company or group having control of all or nearly all of the business of an industry 

Progressive- An early 20th century reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people, to restore economic opportunities, and correct injustices in American life.

Chinese Exclusion Act- 1882 law that barred chinese laborers from entering the u.s

Nativist- an america who sought to limit immigration and preserve the country for native born, white protestants

Tenement- a small apartment in a city slum building

Strike- the refusal by workers to do their jobs until their demands are met

Trade Union- association of owkrers in a specific trade, or line of work, formed to gain higher wages and better working conditions

Triangle fire- fire in 1911at the triangle shirtwaist factory in nyc that kiled nearly 150 workers

Sweatshop- workplace where people labor long hours in poor condeitions for lwo pay

Capitalism- an economic system based on private ownership of property, a market economy, and the goal of making a profite franchise of ones property

Scarcity- a shortage lack or insufficient supply 

Moving Assembly Line- method of production in which workers stay in one place as products pass along a track or moving belt

Progressive- a reformer in the late 1800s AND EARLY 1900S WHO WANTED TO IMPROVE AMERICAN LIFE 

Urbanization- the movement of population farms to cities

Federal Reserve- Act 1913 law that set up the federal reserver system to regulate the nation's financial sector

Referendum-a process by which people vote directly on s bill
Federal Trade Commission- (ftc) a government agency created in 1914 to ensure fair competition

NAACP (national association for the advancement of colored people) and organizatiion founded in 1909 to work toward equal rights for african americans

Vaudeville- a type of variety show made peopular in the late 1800s that included comedians, song and dance routies and acrobats

Yellow Journalism- a type of news reporting, often biased or untrue that relies on sensational stories and headlines

Realist- a writer or artists who aims to show life as it really is  

Suffrage- the right to vote

Conservation- the protection of natural resocurces

Inflation- a rise in prices and a decrease in value of money 

Vigilante-  a self apportioned enforcer of the law

Transcontinental Railroad- a railroad that stretches across a continent from coast to coast

Exploit- . make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource) 

Social Reform- an organized attempt to improve what is unjust or imperfect in society. 

Trust- group of corporations run by a single board of directors