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USH Ch 6 Vocab
Seth Boggs
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History
10th Grade
10/11/2013

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Americanization
Definition
assimilation into American culture
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Angel Island
Definition
island in San Francisco Bay that offers expansive views of the San Francisco skyline
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assimilate
Definition
take in and understand fully.
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bond
Definition
an agreement with legal force, in particular.
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Booker T. Washington
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United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama
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Chinese Exclusion Act
Definition
United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882
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cooperatives
Definition
a farm, business, or other organization that is owned and run jointly by its members, who share the profits or benefits.
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currency
Definition
a system of money in general use in a particular country.
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deflation
Definition
reduction of the general level of prices in an economy.
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discrimination
Definition
the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, esp. on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
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Ellis Island
Definition
island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States
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emigrate
Definition
leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another.
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ethnic
Definition
of or relating to a population subgroup within a larger or dominant national or cultural group with a common national or cultural tradition.
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evolution
Definition
the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
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Farmers’ Alliance
Definition
The Farmers' Alliance was an organized agrarian economic movement among American farmers that developed and flourished in the 1870s and 1880s.
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George Plunkitt
Definition
American politician from New York.
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Gilded Age
Definition
period following roughly from the 1870s to the turn of the twentieth century.
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Gospel of Wealth
Definition
is an article written by Andrew Carnegie in 1889 that describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self-made rich.
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graduated income tax
Definition
A progressive tax is a tax in which the tax rate increases as the taxable base amount increases.
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graft
Definition
a shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap.
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greenbacks
Definition
a dollar bill; a dollar.
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Ida B. Wells
Definition
African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist and, with her husband, newspaper owner Ferdinand L. Barnett, an early leader in the civil rights movement.
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immigrate
Definition
come to live permanently in a foreign country
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incentive
Definition
a thing that motivates or encourages one to do something.
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individualism
Definition
a social theory favoring freedom of action for individuals over collective or state control.
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inflation
Definition
a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
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Jacob Riis
Definition
Danish American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer
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Jane Addams
Definition
pioneer settlement social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace.
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Jim Crow laws
Definition
laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities in Southern states of the former Confederacy, with, starting in 1890, a "separate but equal" status for African Americans
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Louis Sullivan
Definition
architect known for his steel framed skyscrapers and for coining the phrase `form follows function
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lynching
Definition
(of a mob) kill (someone), esp. by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial.
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Mark Twain
Definition
writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
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nativism
Definition
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
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party boss
Definition
a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments; "party bosses have a reputation for corruption"
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People’s Party
Definition
a former political party in the United States; formed in 1891 to advocate currency expansion and state control of railroads
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philanthropy
Definition
the desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed esp. by the generous donation of money to good causes.
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political machine
Definition
a group that controls the activities of a political party
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poll tax
Definition
a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources.
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populism
Definition
the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite
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rural
Definition
in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town.
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segregation
Definition
the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart.
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settlement house
Definition
an institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community
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skyscraper
Definition
a very tall building of many stories.
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Social Darwinism
Definition
the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals
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Social Gospel
Definition
Christian faith practiced as a call not just to personal conversion but to social reform.
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steerage
Definition
the part of a ship providing accommodations for passengers with the cheapest tickets.
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strategy
Definition
a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim.
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suburban
Definition
of or characteristic of a suburb
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tenement
Definition
a piece of land held by an owner.
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trigger
Definition
cause (an event or situation) to happen or exist.
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urban
Definition
denoting or relating to popular dance music of black origin.
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urbanization
Definition
the condition of being urbanized
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W.E.B. DuBois
Definition
American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor.
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William “Boss” Tweed
Definition
American politician most notable for being the "boss" of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a major
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William Jennings Bryan
Definition
United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes
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William McKinley
Definition
25th President of the United States; was assassinated by an anarchist (1843-1901)
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