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chpt 8 flashcards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| city apartment building | tenement |
| community at the edge of a large city | suburb |
| growth of cities | urbanization |
| person who enters a country to live there | immigrant |
| well organized political organization that controls election results by awarding jobs and other favors in exchange for votes | political machine |
| legal combination of companies brought together to gain control of an industry on and reduce competition | trust |
| person who advocates reforms to confront problems caused by industrialized and urbanization | progressive |
| writer who investigate articles or books attacked abuses such as child labor or corruption | muckraker |
| movement emphasizing application of christian principles to social problems | social gospel movement |
| neighborhood center providing educational and social services to needy people | settlement house |
| elation open to all all voters in a party | direct primary |
| reform that allowed citizens to introduce a bill to a legislature or to bypass the legislature and propose a new law by petition | initative |
| process by which citizens vote drectly for or against a political proposal or bill | referendum |
| procedure that allows citizens to remove an elected official from office before the person's term officially ends | recall |