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Vocabulary
Progressive Era Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Industrial | of, pertaining to, of the nature or resulting from industry |
| Corporation | any groups of persons united or regarded as united in one body |
| Compensation | the act or state of compensating |
| Tenements | a rundown low-rental apartment that meets the minimum standards |
| Unions | the act of uniting or the state of being united |
| Referendum | a note from a diplomat’s government requesting instructions |
| Conservation | preservation or restoration from loss, damage or neglect |
| Urban | of, relating to, or located in a city |
| Stock | a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers |
| Strike | to engage in a suspension of work until certain demands are made |
| Laissez-Faire | of, pertaining to, confirming to the principles/practices of Laissez-Faire |
| Muckrakers | a group of writers who told about the horrors of big business |
| Free Enterprise | the freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulations |
| Square Deal | a fair and honest arrangement or transaction. |
| Rural | living in the country |
| Dividend | a sum of an insolvent estate paid to creditors |
| Scabs | a worker hired to replace a striking worker |
| Recall | method in which voters enact or repeal laws |
| Initiative | the power or ability to begin or follow through energetically with a plan or task; enterprise or determination |
| Trust | reliance on the intention and ability of a purchase to pay in the future |
| Lobbyist | a person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest; a member of a lobby. |
| Women’s Suffrage | women’s right to vote |
| Assembly Line | an arrangement of machines, tools, and workers in which a product is assembled by having each perform a specific, successive operation on an incomplete unit as it passes by in a series of stages organized in a direct line. |
| Progressive Movement | A movement for reform that occurred roughly between 1900 and 1920. |
| Imperialism | the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies. |
| National Urban League | a nonpartisan civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States. |
| Minimum Wage | the lowest wage payable to employees in general or to designated employees as fixed by law or by union agreement. |
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