Progressive Era Vocabulary

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Another name to describe the time period between 1890-1920 where America was rapidly progressing in industrial production as well as in social and political reforms.

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Progressive Era

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The complete control of an industry by one person or company.

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Monopoly

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An arrangement of workers, machines, and equipment in which the product passed from operation to operation until completed. Invented by Henry Ford.

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Assembly line

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A time of great and rapid changes, when people switched from making goods by hand to manufacturing goods with power-driven machines.

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Industrial Revolution

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A community center established to help immigrants get familiarized with American culture.

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Settlement house

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The rapid growth of cities flooded by immigrants and people moving from the rural communities.

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urbanization

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An investigative reporter who published allegations of business and government leaders as corrupt.

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Muckraker

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An apartment house, often in cities, in which living conditions are deplorable.

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Tenement

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People who moved to America (primarily in the cities) from another country in search for jobs and democratic ideals.

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Immigrants

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A company of several owners (trustees) that collectively purchase their competition so that they create one large company.

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Trust