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| 1235650152 | Gilded Age | A period of intense change that transformed the United States from a rural nation to a modern industrial society | |
| 1235650153 | Industrialization | process of social and economic change where a human group is transformed from a pre-industrial society to an industrial one | |
| 1235650154 | Urbanization | where cities and societies become more urban | |
| 1235650155 | Immigration | foreign citizens leaving their homeland to live and work in a different country | |
| 1235650156 | Robber Barons | Businessmen and bankers who dominated the industries | |
| 1235650157 | Rural | large and isolated areas of a country, often with low populations | |
| 1235650158 | Republicans | Keep economic growth going with industry, railroads, mines and fast growing cities. | |
| 1235650159 | Democrats | Represented business interests but wanted to reduce tariffs, supported banking and railroad goals, and opposed imperialism and US overseas expansion. | |
| 1235650160 | Laissez-faire | the policy that is based on the idea that governments and the law should not interfere with business, finance, or the working conditions | |
| 1235650161 | Tariffs | Taxes imposed by a government on imported goods | |
| 1235650162 | Political Machines | An organization that controls enough votes to maintain political and administrative control of its community. Helped provide service to rapidly growing cities that are poorly organized. | |
| 1235650163 | Social Darwinism | Theory that maintained that societies evolved by a natural process through which the most fit members survived and demonstrated by wealth, property and social status. | |
| 1235650164 | Trusts | Big companies that dominated the economic scene | |
| 1235650165 | Melting Pot | A place where immigrants of different cultures or races form an integrated society | |
| 1235650166 | Birds of Passage | Immigrants who would enter America and would work until they made enough money to return home and buy a piece of land | |
| 1235650167 | Americanization Movement | A system designed to assimilate immigrants into America by educating them in speech, ideals, traditions, and ways of life. | |
| 1235650168 | Tenements | A large old building which is divided into a number of individual flats | |
| 1235650169 | Mechanization | A process, they cause it to be done by a machine or machines, when it was previously done by people | |
| 1235650170 | Labor Unions | An organization that represents the rights and interests of workers to their employers, for example in order to improve working conditions or wages. | |
| 1235650171 | American Dream | The opportunity and freedom for all citizens to achieve their goals and become rich and famous if only they work hard enough. | |
| 1235650172 | Assimilation | The process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the host culture | |
| 1235650173 | Progressive Era | Where reformers were committed to improving the conditions in American life by protecting the social welfare, promoting moral improvement, creating economic reform, and fostering efficiency. | |
| 1235650174 | Progressives | People who favored change in order to improve social welfare, moral standards, economic means, and efficiency for American citizens | |
| 1235650175 | Direct Primary | A system of voting that allowed citizens to hold elections to choose candidates from each party to run for office in general elections | |
| 1235650176 | Recall | A process where voters could remove an elected official before his/her term expired if enough voters signed a petition to demand this special election | |
| 1235650177 | Direct Initiative | A lawmaking change that allows citizens to propose and pass a law directly without involving the state legislature if enough voters sign a petition to place the proposal on a ballot | |
| 1235650178 | Square Deal | A term used to describe various progressive reforms sponsored by the Roosevelt administration that included trust-busting, mediation, regulating food and drugs, and conservation of natural resources. | |
| 1235650179 | Bull Moose Party | A name given to the Progressive political party, formed to support Theodore Roosevelt's candidacy for the presidency | |
| 1235650180 | Socialists | Members who belonged to the Socialist Party who believed in the equal distribution of the wealth, very popular among the working class | |
| 1235650181 | New Freedom | Used to describe President Wilson's progressive policy in attacking large concentrations of power to give greater freedom to average citizens. This policy included passing anti-trust measures, a new tax system, and establishing a federal reserve |
