'VOCABULARY MENU Unit 2"
Lucia Borro
America Industrial Revolution
American idustry expanded and millions of peope left their farms to work in factories.
Laissez Faire
An economic system in which transactions between private parties are free from government interference.
Ellis Island
The processing center on the East Coast for immigrants arriving in the US.
Vertical Integration
The combination in one company of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate companies.
Horizontal Integration
The merger of companies at the same stage of production in the same or different industries.
Political Machine
They providing services to immigrants and let immigrants to vote for them.
SOCIAL Darwinism
The product of natural selection of those persons best suited to existing living conditions.
populist party
A US political party that sought to represent the interests of farmers and laborers.
GOSPEL OF WEALTH
An article written that describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self-made rich.
SOCIAL GOSPEL MOVEMENT
It was a Christian intellectual movement that was most prominent in the early 20th century US and Canada
John D ROCKERFELLER
John D. Rockefeller was the head of the Standard Oil Company and one of the world's richest men. He used his fortune to fund ongoing philanthropic causes.
ANDREW CARNEGIE
Scottish-born Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was an American industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry then became a major philanthropist.
JP MORGAN
One of the most powerful bankers of his era, J.P. (John Pierpont) Morgan (1837-1913) financed railroads and helped organize U.S. Steel, General Electric and other major corporations.
CORNELIUS VADERBILT
Shipping and railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) was a self-made multi-millionaire who became one of the wealthiest Americans of the 19th century
THOMAS EDISON
was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camara, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.
HENRY FORD
While working as an engineer for the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit, Henry Ford (1863-1947) built his first gasoline-powered horseless carriage, the Quadricycle, in the shed behind his home.
Samuel GOMPERS
Samuel Gompers was an early labor leader, first in his own union and later as president of the American Federation of Labor
WILLIAM "BOSS" TWEED
was a legendary corrupt political leader of New York City in the years following the Civil War. Along with members of the “Tweed Ring,” he was suspected of siphoning untold millions of dollars from the city’s coffers before public outrage turned against him and he was prosecuted.
UPTON SINCLAIR
Upton Sinclair was an activist writer whose works, including 'The Jungle' and 'Boston,' often uncovered social injustices.
JACOB RISS
Was a Danish-born American muckraker journalist, photographer, and social reformer. He is known for his dedication to using his photojournalistic talents to help the less fortunate in New York City which was the subject of most of his prolific writings and photographic essays. As one of the first photographers to use flash, which allowed him to document the reality of people's situations in the dark slum areas at night, he is considered a pioneer in photography.
Theodore Roosevelt
A New York governor who became the 26th U.S. president, Theodore Roosevelt is remembered for his foreign policy, corporate reforms and ecological preservation.
William taft
William Howard Taft was elected the 27th President of the United States (1909-1913) and later became the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921-1930), the only person to have served in both of these offices.
MUCKRAKER
The people who search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
MEAT INSPECTION ACT
of 1906 (FMIA) is a United State Congress Act that works to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food and to ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSUIN (ICC)
Was a regulatory agency in the United statescreated by the Interstate CommerceAct of 1887.
CHILDRE'S BUREAU 1912
Was formally created in 1912 when President William Howard Taft signed into law a bill creating the new federal government organization.
SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACT
The Sherman Antitrust Act, the first federal antitrust law, authorized federal action against any "combination in the form of trusts or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade."
17th AMENDMENT
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State.
18th AMENDMENT
The act of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation and sale of alcohol.
19th AMENDMENT
The right of citizens to vote shall not be denied by any State on account of sex.