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Quiz 8
Stack #134945
| Word | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Labor Unions | purpose of improving their status and conditions of working |
| Laissez-Faire | opposes govt. regulation or interference in commerce |
| Lockout | withholding work from employees and closing down of a work place during labor disputes |
| Monopoly | exclusive control by one group of productions |
| Melting Pot | immigrants form an integrated society |
| Merger | union of 2 companies |
| Nativism | favor interests of natives over immigrants |
| Political Machines | a group that controls the activities of a political party |
| Poll tax | tax on people who wanted to vote |
| Populist Movement | started by farmers, to limit big business and have greater say in the govt. |
| Radical Republicans | protect the rights of freedmen in the south |
| Reservations | tract of land set aside by the govt. for indians |
| Robber Barrons | large scale entrepreneurs |
| Separate but Equal | allow segregations |
| Settlement House Movement | priviate centers to help the poor |
| Sherman Antitrust Act | prohibited monopolies |
| Social Darwinism | groups acheive advantage over others due to biological superiority |
| Tenements | rundown, low rental apartments |
| Tenant Farming | farms land owned by others and gets indebt |
| trust | combination of firms to reduce competition |