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Flashcards in Social Studies Ch. 20 & 21 Test Vocab Deck (20)
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Assimilation

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Adapting to fit into your environment

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Acculturation

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Assimilating into a new culture

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Industrialization

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Transforming from agriculture to the manufacturing of goods

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Urbanization

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City growth due to industrialization

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Immigration

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The permanent movement of people into one country from other nation

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Old Immigrant

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Immigrants from Northern and Western Europe that usually spoke English and were protestant

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New Immigrant

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Immigrants mostly from Southern and Eastern Europe or Asia that were less likely to speak English and were usually Catholic, Jewish, or of an Asian religion

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Nativism

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The belief that natively born Americans are superior to foreigners

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Corporation

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A large business that is owned by its shareholders

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Trust

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A group of businesses in the same industry that share a common board of directors

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Monopoly

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A market where there is only one provider

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Tenement

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Poorly constructed, overcrowded, unsanitary firetraps that many immigrants were forced to live in

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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A government effort to ban monopolies and trusts that hurt the public through unfair competition

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Subsidies

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Money or goods given by a person or government to support a project that benefits the public

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Rebates

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A discount or return of part of a payment

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Labor Union

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Organizations that sought to unite working people to fight for better working conditions

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Collective Bargaining

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A union’s right to negotiate wages, hours, and working conditions with business

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Vertical Integration

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Gaining monopoly control of all steps in the manufacturing process

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Horizontal Integration

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Gaining monopoly control over one step in the manufacturing process, so that all other steps are dependent on you

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Government Regulation

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Government control of business