Unit 2 The West and The Gilded Age Vocabulary & Terms

An approach to politics which views "the people" as being opposed to "the elite" and is often used as a synonym of antiestablishment.

• Anti Obstructionist

• Sideways approach

• Antifa approach

• Populism

The act of voluntary giving by individuals or groups to promote the common good.

• Common Decency

• Philanthropy

• Chiefdom

• Community Service

A group of entrepreneurs, inventors and businessmen in the 1800's who acquired great wealth and success from their endeavors. The Captains of Industry were compassionate men to improve the lives of the American people.

• Captains of Commerce

• Captains of Industry

• Captain Crunch

• Captains of Political Gain

An urban organization designed to win elections and reward its followers, both rich and poor. The machine controlled a hierarchy of party loyalists, and it often formed a 'shadow government' seemingly more powerful than the actual elected officials.

• House of Common Sense

• Senate

• Tea Party

• Political Machine

The production of large quantities of goods using machinery and often an assembly line.

• Amazon Plus

• Sams Club

• Mass Production

• The Manhattan Project

The process through which cities grow, and higher and higher percentages of the population comes to live in the city.

• Retraction Theory

• Urbanization

• Recidivation

• Immigration

The body of government officials who are employed in civil occupations that are neither political nor judicial.

• FBI

• CIA

• Department of Defense

• Civil Service System

The process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society

• Horizontal integration

• Assimilate

• Laissez-Faire

• Concrete individualism

The movement of people living in one country into another.

• Urbanization

• Motivation

• Decimation

• Immigration

A policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants.

• Nativism

• Expansionism

• Capitalisms

• Socialism