application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes

to make or become different

the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources

movement of people from rural areas to cities

relating to a city

complete control of a product or business by one person or group

an association of workers, formed to bargain for better working conditions and higher wages

to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet certain demands

dishonest or illegal actions

an arrangement where a product is moved from worker to worker, with each person performing a single task in the making of the product (normally within a factory)

all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service

to work

a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority

the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority

the legal right to vote

social division based on national origin, religion, language, and often race

African Americans who migrated from the South to the West after the Civil War

a political party made up of farmers and laborers that wanted direct election of senators and an 8hr working day

Upton Sinclair's novel that inspired pro-consumer federal laws regulating meat, food, and drugs

United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes

a scenic or historically important area of countryside protected by the federal government for the enjoyment of the general public or the preservation of wildlife

26th president, known for: conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations, "Square Deal," Panama Canal, Great White Fleet, Nobel Peace Prize for negotiation of peace in Russo-Japanese War

27th president of the U.S.; he angered progressives by moving cautiously toward reforms and by supporting the Payne-Aldrich Tariff; he lost Roosevelt's support and was defeated for a second term

placed a ban on all new immigrants from China

Brothers Orville and Wilbur were the first to achieve a sustained, controlled flight in a powered airplane in Kitty Hawk, NC

A cheap and efficient process for making steel, developed around 1850

He was a steel magnate who believed that the general public benefited from big business even if these companies employed harsh business practices.

An influential banker and businessman who bought and reorganized companies. His US Steel company would buy Carnegie steel and become the largest business in the world in 1901

oil tycoon; owned standard oil company which became the largest refinery; had monopoly over oil industry

cloth items

movement of over 300,000 African American from the rural south into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920

a white mob seized the reins of government in the port city of Wilmington, NC and, in doing so, destroyed the local black-owned newspaper office and terrorized the African American community

Journalists who attempted to find corruption or wrongdoing in industries and expose it to the public