Immigration, Urbanization, and Reforms Vocabulary

the process of changing from working largely by hand or with animals to doing that work with machinery

• mechanization

• urbanization

• industrialization

• monopoly

when a company dominates (basically controls) an industry to the point that other businesses cannot compete.

• mechanization

• urbanization

• industrialization

• monopoly

when a country goes from an agricultural society (farming) into one based on manufacturing

• mechanization

• urbanization

• industrialization

• monopoly

the process through which cities grow; higher percentages of the population comes to live in city

• mechanization

• urbanization

• industrialization

• Temperance Movement

cruel or harsh without just cause

• oppressive

• tenements

• settlement house

• suffrage

the right to vote in political elections

• oppressive

• tenements

• settlement house

• suffrage

a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.

• oppressive

• tenement

• settlement house

• suffrage

a building in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to immigrants and the community.

• oppressive

• tenement

• settlement house

• suffrage

an area identified as a city or town

• urban

• suburban

• rural

• urbanization

residential areas outside of cities or towns

• urban

• suburban

• rural

• urbanization