Industrialization Vocab

Question 1

tenement

Answer 1

overcrowded slum housing

Question 2

rural

Answer 2

areas where not many people live
“the country”
always shrinking

Question 3

industrialization

Answer 3

making stuff with machines in big factories

mass production

Question 4

capitalism

Answer 4

capital is money
businesses competing to make money
laissez fair, market economy

Question 5

Agrarian

Answer 5

related to farming

Question 6

mechanization

Answer 6

producing stuff with machines

automation

Question 7

industry

Answer 7

business of making things

Question 8

laissez fair

Answer 8

“hands off” government stays out of the market.
enlightenment idea.
capitalism, market economy

Question 9

social darwinism

Answer 9

survival of the fittest
everyone is competing with each other
Ex: small businesses can’t compete with big corporations and go out of business

Question 10

corporation

Answer 10

business owned by multiple people rather than just one

Question 11

monopoly/trust

Answer 11

one company is the only place you can get a certain good or service

Question 12

sherman antitrust act

Answer 12

1st federal law to attempt to limit monopolies

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efficiency

Answer 13

eliminating wasted time, energy, and money

Question 14

productivity

Answer 14

inputs vs outputs

if you produce more with the same amount of resources or less your productivity goes up

Question 15

specialization

Answer 15

getting good at producing or doing one thing

Question 16

interdependence

Answer 16

two or more things that need each other to work

Question 17

immigration

Answer 17

people moving into a 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 favor towards non-immigrants

Question 21

urbanization

Answer 21

cities getting bigger

Question 22

political corruption

Answer 22

using a position of power to cheat and make money

Question 23

suburbs

Answer 23

places located just outside of cities that aren’t as densely populated but are not rural

Question 24

policy

Answer 24

a course of action

Question 25

legislation

Answer 25

law or law making

Question 26

antitrust legislation

Answer 26

laws against monopolies

Question 27

labor

Answer 27

work or workers

Question 28

labor union/labor organization/organized labor

Answer 28

workers that get together for better wages, working conditions, and hours

Question 29

collective bargaining

Answer 29

workers getting together to negotiate better wages, working conditions, and hours what labor unions do

Question 30

great railroad strike(1877)

Answer 30

riots against railroads no unions involved led to the formation of labor unions local, state, and federal militias called in to stop the violence

Question 31

pullman strike (1894)

Answer 31

nationwide strike by the american railway union striking against the pullman company lots of rioting

Question 32

homestead strike (1892)

Answer 32

strike of US steal workers gun fight between workers and strikebreakers led to a decline of union membership

Question 33

haymarket riot (1886)

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Chicago labor protest where there was a bombing and a riot

Question 34

unregulated working conditions

Answer 34

unregulated=no government oversight working conditions=what the environment is like where you work unregulated working conditions means the government doesn't tell businesses what the environment at work must be like

Question 35

middle class

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

Question 36

labor legislation

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laws about work, usually about labor unions

Question 37

business regulation

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the government telling businesses what they can and can't do

Question 38

political parties

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political groups that compete to run the government. | Democrats and Republicans

Question 39

Interest groups

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A group of people who want something in common from the government--a particular thing is "of interest" to them

Question 40

public opinion

Answer 40

what the people think

Question 41

the media

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the forms of mass communication | TV, newspaper, magazines, radio

Question 42

leisure

Answer 42

free time used for relaxation

Question 43

standard of living

Answer 43

how easy or difficult life is for you. the easier life is the higher your standard of living