Industrialization Vocab

Corruption

• Dishonest use of power or trust for personal gain

• Unfair treatment based on differences, such as race or gender, denying equal opportunities.

• Chicago settlement house by Jane Addams, offering services to immigrants and low-income families.

• Shift from agrarian to industrial economy, marked by factories and technological advancements.

Discrimination

• Shift from agrarian to industrial economy, marked by factories and technological advancements.

• System of racial segregation in the Southern US, enforcing racial inequality and limited rights.

• Unfair treatment based on differences, such as race or gender, denying equal opportunities.

• Group controlling political activities, often involving corruption and favoritism.

Industrialization

• Group controlling political activities, often involving corruption and favoritism.

• Chicago settlement house by Jane Addams, offering services to immigrants and low-income families

• State of extreme lack, preventing access to basic needs like food and shelter

• Shift from agrarian to industrial economy, marked by factories and technological advancements.

Muckraker

• Journalist exposing social and political issues, advocating for reforms

• State of extreme lack, preventing access to basic needs like food and shelter

• Social reform movement advocating for alcohol ban or limitation.

•  Advocate for women's right to vote, contributing to the women's suffrage movement.

Political Machine

• Nationwide ban on alcohol manufacturing, sale, and transport in the US from 1920-1933.

• Group controlling political activities, often involving corruption and favoritism.

• Wealthy industrialist criticized for unethical business practices and monopolistic control.

• Enforced separation of racial or ethnic groups, leading to unequal treatment and limited resources.

Poverty

• Community center aiding immigrants and low-income families with healthcare, education, and social support.

• Collective work stoppage by employees to protest workplace conditions or demand better rights.

• State of extreme lack, preventing access to basic needs like food and shelter

• Advocate for women's right to vote, contributing to the women's suffrage movement.

Trust

• Wealthy industrialist criticized for unethical business practices and monopolistic control.

• Overcrowded, substandard urban housing often found in low-income areas

• Worker organization negotiating for better wages, working conditions, and benefits collectively.

• Business arrangement merging assets under single management, raising concerns about unfair practices

Urbanization

• Population migration from rural to urban areas, leading to city growth and socio-economic changes.

• Worker organization negotiating for better wages, working conditions, and benefits collectively.

• Overcrowded, substandard urban housing often found in low-income areas

• Collective work stoppage by employees to protest workplace conditions or demand better rights.

Tenement

• Social reform movement advocating for alcohol ban or limitation.

• Nationwide ban on alcohol manufacturing, sale, and transport in the US from 1920-1933.

• Overcrowded, substandard urban housing often found in low-income areas

•  Dishonest use of power or trust for personal gain.

Robber Baron

•  Advocate for women's right to vote, contributing to the women's suffrage movement.

• Wealthy industrialist criticized for unethical business practices and monopolistic control.

• Enforced separation of racial or ethnic groups, leading to unequal treatment and limited resources.

• Community center aiding immigrants and low-income families with healthcare, education, and social support.