Industrialization

Question 1

Tenement

Answer 1

overcrowded

Question 2

Rural

Answer 2

areas that not many people live

Question 3

Industrialization

Answer 3

making stuff with big machines in big factories

Question 4

Capitalism

Answer 4

capital=money; businesses competing to make money

Question 5

Agrarian

Answer 5

related to farming

Question 6

Mechanization

Answer 6

producing stuff with machines

Question 7

Industry

Answer 7

the business of making things

Question 8

Laissez-faire

Answer 8

an enlightenment philosophy; means hands off; government stays out of businesses way

Question 9

Social Darwinism

Answer 9

survival of the fittest

Question 10

Corporation

Answer 10

business owned by many people

Question 11

Monopoly Trust

Answer 11

one place is the only place that you can get a certain good

Question 12

Sherman Antitrust Act

Answer 12

1st federal law to attempt to limit monopolies

Question 13

Efficiency

Answer 13

eliminating waste (money,time,energy)

Question 14

Productivity

Answer 14

Measure of inputs and outputs ; if you make more with less resources, productivity goes up

Question 15

Specialization

Answer 15

getting really good at producing one thing

Question 16

Interdependence

Answer 16

two or more things that each other need to work

Question 17

Immigration

Answer 17

people moving into the country

Question 18

Emigration

Answer 18

people leaving a country

Question 19

Migration

Answer 19

moving within a country

Question 20

Nativism

Answer 20

showing favoritism toward non-immigrants

Question 21

Urbanism

Answer 21

cities getting bigger

Question 22

Political Corruption

Answer 22

using a position in power to cheat and make money

Question 23

Suburbs

Answer 23

communities just outside the states- less populated

Question 24

Policy

Answer 24

a course of action; “How are we doing things?”

Question 25

Legislation

Answer 25

laws or law-making

Question 26

Antitrust Legislation

Answer 26

laws against monopolies or trusts

Question 27

Labor

Answer 27

work or workers

Question 28

Labor Union

Answer 28

workers that get together for better wages, conditions, hours

Question 29

Collective Bargaining

Answer 29

workers banding together to negotiate with managers for better pay, working conditions, and hours

Question 30

Great Railroad Strike (1877)

Answer 30

Riots against railroads; no unions involved

Question 31

Pullman Strike (1894)

Answer 31

a national strike by the railway union

Question 32

Homestead Strike (1892)

Answer 32

strike of the U.S. steel workers; gunfight between workers and strikebreakers

Question 33

Haymarket Riot (1866)

Answer 33

Chicago labor protest turned into a bombing and riot

Question 34

Unregulated Working Conditions

Answer 34

no government oversight; what the environment is like at your work; government doesn’t explain how the working conditions should look

Question 35

Middle Class

Answer 35

people who work but have a good amount of money and relatively high living standard

Question 36

Labor Legislation

Answer 36

laws about work; about unions

Question 37

Business Regulation

Answer 37

the government telling businesses what they can and cannot do

Question 38

Political Parties

Answer 38

groups trying to run the government (democrats & republicans)

Question 39

Interest Groups

Answer 39

a group of people that want something in common from the government

Question 40

Public Opinion

Answer 40

what the people think

Question 41

The Media

Answer 41

mass amounts of communication (TV, Newspaper)

Question 42

Leisure

Answer 42

free time– used for things such as enjoyment

Question 43

Standard of Living

Answer 43

how hard or easy your life is; easier life is, higher your standard