Quater 2 test words Flashcards
plessy vs ferguson
facilities had to be separate but equal
radical replubicans
wanted to make change fast
muckrakers
helped by exposing corruption
suffragist
a person who feels the extent a suffrage
trustbuster
a person like teddy roosevelt who abolishes trusts
spoils system
the act of a political party giving its office to political leaders
civil service act
the idea you need to take a test to get a government job
settlement house
in the inner city providing recreational, educational, and social activties to the community
16th amendment
gives the government power to collect taxes
17th amendment
Established direct election of United States senator through vote
18th amendment
prohibited manufacture, import, export, and export in the United States
manifest destiny
the word that said the United States destines to expand west
Homestead Act
granted 180 acres of tax free land by the United States to give people a reason to move west
reservations
places for the American and Plain Indians to go when people were moving west taking there land
Dawes Act
When people in the West were trying to make the Native Americans “More American”
Ellis Island
An Island where immigrants had to go through while coming into America for a physical and tags/ID
Assimilation
When someone is from one religion and fades into another
Nativism
Like patriotism but when you are very patriotic and think everyone should be your country`
Chinese exclusion act
restricted chinese and didn’t let them do labor
because they were taking jobs from other people since they would work longer hours for less money
urbanization
when the population grows a lot like a city
mass production
making products in large quantities
Laissez- faire
to leave alone
corporations
a group of people authorized to act as a single enitity
Sherman Anti trust act
made it illegal for companies to seek a monopoly
