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History Test RVW
Progressive Era, Immigration, Industrialization
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | Railroad RR Empire |
| Muckrakers | exposed the evils of society during the Progressive Era |
| WEB DuBois | believed African Americans should get higher education & fight for rights now |
| Recall Election | A special election to remove someone from office |
| Referendum | Putting an issue directly on the ballot so voters decide |
| Jacob Riis | took pictures that exposed the difficulties of urban housing for mainly poor immigrants |
| Initiative | The right of an individual voter to write up a proposal for a law by getting a petition and have his/her state legislature vote on it |
| Upton Sinclair | His writing was a great influence in the government’s decision to pass the Meat Inspection Act & The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 |
| John D. Rockefeller | Was a captain of industry in the OIL business |
| Sherman Anti-Trust Act | Law passed to make monopolies and trusts illegal in America |
| Federal Reserve Act | Created to maintain economic stability through the creation of a national banking system and and an organization to regulate interest rates |
| Captain of Industry | An industrial giant who was seen to the public as a leader in their field and a philanthropist who gave back to the community |
| Robber Baron | Industrial giant who was seen in a negative way as being ruthless and crushed the competition using ruthless tactics |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | Law prohibited a specific group of people from immigrating to the United States for many years |
| Nativism | Refers to individuals who are anti-immigration and have negative viewpoints on those who are not "native born" |
| Urbanization | The process by which a rural, less densely populated area becomes more dense and city-like |
| Monopoly | Control over nearly all of the business of an industry is called |
| J.P. Morgan | Made their fortune in the banking and finance business |
| Andrew Carnegie | Known for his dominance of the Steel industry |
| Samuel Gompers | Responsible for creating a labor union to fight for workers' conditions |
| Triangle Shirt Waste Factory Fire | The large fire that broke out in a New York City factory led to changes in safety and building codes to improve conditions |
| 19th Amendment | Progressive era amendments protected Women's right to vote |
| 17th Amendment | This amendments gave power back to the people by allowing for the direct election of senators |
| 16th Amendment | Amendment that gave congress the power to tax people's income |
| 18th Amendment | Amendment that prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol |
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