Industrialization Vocabulary
Businessmen
Immigration
Urbanization
Imperialism
100
Process by which an economy changes from an agricultural economy to a manufacturing economy.
industrialization
100
The nickname for a businessman who was greedy, took advantage of workers, corrupted the government, and were above the law
robber baron
100
The term for reasons why an immigrant leaves their home country
push factor
100
Low-cost, crowded, multi-family apartments
tenements
100
The addition of a new territory to an existing country is referred to as
Annexation or Annex
200
Movement of people to the cities. The process by which cities grow.
urbanization
200
Nickname for a businessman that gave back to the community, created jobs, and helped build the nation
captain of industry
200
The term for reasons why an immigrant comes to a new country.
pull factor
200
Name one problem associated with city life.
crime, fire, pollution, disease
200
The name of the US ship that blew up in Havana harbor in 1898
the U.S.S. Maine
300
People leaving their home country to live and work in another country
immigration
300
The businessman who had control over the oil industry. Started Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
300
If an immigrant came from Germany, they would be considered a(n)
Old Immigrant
300
Writer or journalist who exposed social problems
Muckraker
300
Yellow Journalism
400
Belief that white Americans were better than newcomers
nativism
400
Businessman who was a pioneer in the steel industry. His steel plants were located in Pittsburgh, PA
Andrew Carnegie
400
Immigration station in New York. Many European immigrants came through this station.
Ellis Island
400
Upton Sinclair exposed the horrors of this industry through his book The Jungle
Meat Packing
400
Policy meant to keep European countries out of the Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
500
Workers' organizations that fought for workers' rights
Labor Unions
500
The term for a company that has complete control of a product or service
monopoly
500
These people came to the United States between 1880-1920
The New Immigrants
500
What was the reason why there was a large workforce during industrialization?
population growth/immigration increase
500
The idea that the US could intervene/get involved with the affairs of Latin American countries
Roosevelt Corollary