Why did Industry Grow?
What was the government’s "hands-off" policy called?
Laissez-faire.
Where did "New Immigrants" primarily come from?
Southern and Eastern Europe
What was the nickname for journalists who exposed corruption?
Muckrakers.
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
What is "Social Darwinism"?
The idea that only the strongest businesses/people should survive.
What process made making steel cheap and fast?
The Bessemer Process
What were the crowded, poor-quality apartment buildings called?
Tenements
Which book led to the Meat Inspection Act?
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.
What system was created in 1913 to stabilize the US economy?
The Federal Reserve
What is a "Political Machine"?
A corrupt group that trades favors for votes (like Tammany Hall).
What do you call it when one company controls an entire industry?
A Monopoly or Trust.
Who wrote How the Other Half Lives to show urban poverty?
Jacob Riis.
What was Theodore Roosevelt’s program for "fairness" called?
The Square Deal.
Which group did the Progressive Movement largely ignore?
African Americans.
What is a "Referendum"?
When citizens vote directly on a specific law.
Name the business method where you buy up your suppliers.
Vertical Integration.
What was the first major labor union to include all workers?
The Knights of Labor.
The 17th Amendment allowed the people to directly elect whom?
Senators.
What did the 16th Amendment create?
Federal Income Tax.
What is "Nativism"?
Favoring native-born people over immigrants.
What did the government give railroad companies to help them build?
Land grants and subsidies.
What term describes rich industrialists who used "cutthroat" tactics?
Robber Barons.
What was the movement to ban alcohol called?
The prohibition
Who was the "Trustbuster" president?
Theodore Roosevelt
What did the Clayton Antitrust Act protect?
Labor unions' right to strike.