Progressive Era

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  1. acculturation
    assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
  2. Andrew Carnegie
    United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919)
  3. big business
    commercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policies
  4. corporation
    a business firm recognized by law as a single body
  5. direct primary
    an election where voters pick general election candidates
  6. Ellis Island
    an island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States
  7. Industrial Revolution
    the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation
  8. initiative
    readiness to embark on bold new ventures
  9. John D. Rockefeller
    United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937)
  10. monopoly
    exclusive control or possession of something
  11. muckraker
    one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another
  12. nativism
    the policy of perpetuating indigenous cultures
  13. progressivism
    the political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society
  14. recall
    a request to return
  15. referendum
    a legislative act referred for approval to a popular vote
  16. square deal
    fair treatment
  17. tenement
    a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
  18. Theodore Roosevelt
    26th President of the United States
  19. trust
    a group of organizations formed to limit competition
  20. Upton Sinclair
    United States writer whose novels argued for social reform
  21. Andrew Carnegie
    United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919)
Created on Thu Dec 27 19:20:08 EST 2012 (updated Thu Dec 27 19:55:41 EST 2012)

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