Period of rapid growth in the use of machines and manufacturing

The use of machines to replace human or animal labor

Rundown apartment buildings where immigrants lived

Locations in an inner city that provided housing, recreation, work opportunities and education in an effort to better the community (example: Hull House)

Political organizations that gain support from groups of people who receive rewards for their loyalty

A product or business with only one seller who can control the price and availability

The business of buying and selling a specific commodity

An organized refusal to work in order to bring about changes on the job

A group of workers who have banded together to get working conditions improved, higher wages, and shorter hours

Captain of the steel industry, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Captain of the shipping and railroad Industry

Captain of the oil industry; Created Standard Oil Company and the first oil-refining company

Captain of the banking Industry. New York City was the financial capital of the USA

Opened the Hull House, a settlement house, in Chicago, Illinois

Southern African American leader who fought to improve economic conditions of African Americans. He accepted segregation. He believed vocational education (learning a skill) was the key to self-reliance. Founder of the Tuskegee Institute.

Northern African American leader who believed in immediate full, political, civil, and social rights for African Americans. He founded the N.A.A.C.P. He did not accept segregation.

A movement to improve society. It was aimed to solve problems such as crime, disease, and poverty that were increasing because of the rapid growth of industrialization. (a reform is a change to improve a situation).

The right for women to vote (a suffragette was a progressive woman who believed and fought for the right for women to vote)

A movement against alcohol consumption. It blamed all of society’s problems on alcohol

The law that stopped the making, selling, and transporting of alcoholic beverages. Also known as Prohibition.

A person or group of people who are excluding other people/groups of people based on religion, race, or gender.

Granted women the right to vote in all states

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Imm. & Indust.

USII.4

Term	Definition
industrialization	Period of rapid growth in the use of machines and manufacturing
urbanization	The rapid growth of cities
mechanization	The use of machines to replace human or animal labor
tenements	Rundown apartment buildings where immigrants lived
settlement house	Locations in an inner city that provided housing, recreation, work opportunities and education in an effort to better the community (example: Hull House)
political machines	Political organizations that gain support from groups of people who receive rewards for their loyalty
corruption	Dishonest business practices
monopoly	A product or business with only one seller who can control the price and availability
markets	The business of buying and selling a specific commodity
strike	An organized refusal to work in order to bring about changes on the job
labor union	A group of workers who have banded together to get working conditions improved, higher wages, and shorter hours
Andrew Carnegie	Captain of the steel industry, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Cornelius Vanderbilt	Captain of the shipping and railroad Industry
John D. Rockefeller	Captain of the oil industry; Created Standard Oil Company and the first oil-refining company
J.P. Morgan	Captain of the banking Industry. New York City was the financial capital of the USA
Jane Addams	Opened the Hull House, a settlement house, in Chicago, Illinois
Booker T. Washington	Southern African American leader who fought to improve economic conditions of African Americans. He accepted segregation. He believed vocational education (learning a skill) was the key to self-reliance. Founder of the Tuskegee Institute.
W.E.B. DuBois	Northern African American leader who believed in immediate full, political, civil, and social rights for African Americans. He founded the N.A.A.C.P. He did not accept segregation.
Progressive Reform	A movement to improve society. It was aimed to solve problems such as crime, disease, and poverty that were increasing because of the rapid growth of industrialization. (a reform is a change to improve a situation).
Suffrage Movement	The right for women to vote (a suffragette was a progressive woman who believed and fought for the right for women to vote)
Temperance Movement	A movement against alcohol consumption. It blamed all of society’s problems on alcohol
18th Amendment	The law that stopped the making, selling, and transporting of alcoholic beverages. Also known as Prohibition.
Discrimination	A person or group of people who are excluding other people/groups of people based on religion, race, or gender.
19th Amendment	Granted women the right to vote in all states

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