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chapter 4 vocabulary
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nativism | Hostility toward immigrants by native-born people |
| Skyscraper | A very tall building |
| Tenement | Multifamily apartmemts, usually dark, crowded, and barely meeting minimum living standards |
| Political machine | An organization linked to a political party that often controlled local government |
| Party boss | The person in charge of a political machine |
| Graft | The acquisition of money in dishonest ways, as in bribing a politician |
| Individualism | The beilif that no matter what a person's background is, he or she can still become successful through effort |
| Social Darwinism | A philosophy based on Charles Darwin's theories of evolution and natural selection, asserting that humans have developed through competition and natural selection with only the strongest surviving |
| Evolution | The scientific theory that humans and other forms of life have evolved over time |
| Philanthropy | Providing money to support humanitarian or social goals |
| Settlement house | An institution located in a poor neighborhood that provided numerous community services such as medical care, child care, libraries, and classes I'm English |
| Americanization | The process of acquiring or causing a person to acquire American traits and characteristics |
| Populism | A political movement founded in the 1890s representing mainly farmers that favored free coinage of silver and government control of railroads during the civil war |
| Greenback | A unit of paper currency first issued by the federal government during the Civil War |
| Currency | Paper money used as a medium of exchange |
| Inflation | An ongoing increase in prices and decrease in the value of money |
| Bond | A note issued to the government that promises to pay off a loan with interest |
| Deflation | An ongoing decrease in prices and an increase in the value of money |
| Cooperative | A store where farmers buy products from each other; an enterprise owned by those who use its services |
| Strategy | A plan or method for achieving a goal |
| Graduated income tax | A tax based on the net income of an individual or business and which taxes different income levels at different rates |
| Poll tax | A tax of a fixed amount per person that had to be paid before the person could vote |
| Segregation | The desperation or isolation of a race, class, or group |
| Discrimination | Different treatment or preference on a basis other than individual merit |
| Jim Crow laws | Statutes enacted to enforce segregation |
| Lynch | To execute, by hanging, without lawful approval |
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