19 questions
Laissez-Faire Economics
Economic system in which the government does not intervene in business practices
A business practice in which a single manufacturer controls all of the steps used to change raw materials into finished products
A business practice in which a company takes over all of its competitors
Theory that claims the best people in society are the ones who rise to the top
Vertical Integration
Economic system in which the government does not intervene in business practices
A business practice in which a single manufacturer controls all of the steps used to change raw materials into finished products
A business practice in which a company takes over all of its competitors
Theory that claims the best people in society are the ones who rise to the top
Horizontal Integration
Economic system in which the government does not intervene in business practices
A business practice in which a single manufacturer controls all of the steps used to change raw materials into finished products
A business practice in which a company takes over all of its competitors
Theory that claims the best people in society are the ones who rise to the top
Social Darwinism
Economic system in which the government does not intervene in business practices
A business practice in which a single manufacturer controls all of the steps used to change raw materials into finished products
A business practice in which a company takes over all of its competitors
Theory that claims the best people in society are the ones who rise to the top
Labor Union
An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members
An organized work stoppage intended to force an employer to address union demands
A company tool to fight union demands by refusing to allow employees to enter its facilities to work
A list privately exchanged among employers, containing the names of persons to be barred from employment
Strike
An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members
An organized work stoppage intended to force an employer to address union demands
A company tool to fight union demands by refusing to allow employees to enter its facilities to work
A list privately exchanged among employers, containing the names of persons to be barred from employment
Lockout
An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members
An organized work stoppage intended to force an employer to address union demands
A company tool to fight union demands by refusing to allow employees to enter its facilities to work
A list privately exchanged among employers, containing the names of persons to be barred from employment
Blacklist
An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members
An organized work stoppage intended to force an employer to address union demands
A company tool to fight union demands by refusing to allow employees to enter its facilities to work
A list privately exchanged among employers, containing the names of persons to be barred from employment
Push Factor
A factor that causes people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region
Policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, including the support of immigration-restriction measures
Factors that induce people to move to a new location
A party organization that commands enough votes to maintain control of a city, county, or state
Pull Factor
A factor that causes people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region
Policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, including the support of immigration-restriction measures
Factors that induce people to move to a new location
A party organization that commands enough votes to maintain control of a city, county, or state
Political Machine
A factor that causes people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region
Policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, including the support of immigration-restriction measures
Factors that induce people to move to a new location
A party organization that commands enough votes to maintain control of a city, county, or state
Ellis Island
Immigration processing center that open in New York Harbor in 1892
Narrow, low-rise apartment buildings common in cities during the Gilded Age
Journalists who exposed the problems of the Gilded Age
Immigration processing center that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910
Tenements
Immigration processing center that open in New York Harbor in 1892
Narrow, low-rise apartment buildings common in cities during the Gilded Age
Journalists who exposed the problems of the Gilded Age
Immigration processing center that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910
Muckrakers
Immigration processing center that open in New York Harbor in 1892
Narrow, low-rise apartment buildings common in cities during the Gilded Age
Journalists who exposed the problems of the Gilded Age
Immigration processing center that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910
Angel Island
Immigration processing center that open in New York Harbor in 1892
Narrow, low-rise apartment buildings common in cities during the Gilded Age
Journalists who exposed the problems of the Gilded Age
Immigration processing center that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910
Americanization Movement
Policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants
Education program designed to help immigrants assimilate to American culture
Law that prohibited further unskilled Chinese immigration in order to reduce competition for jobs
The growth of cities
Nativism
Policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants
Education program designed to help immigrants assimilate to American culture
Law that prohibited further unskilled Chinese immigration in order to reduce competition for jobs
The growth of cities
Chinese Exclusion Act
Policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants
Education program designed to help immigrants assimilate to American culture
Law that prohibited further unskilled Chinese immigration in order to reduce competition for jobs
The growth of cities
Urbanization
Policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants
Education program designed to help immigrants assimilate to American culture
Law that prohibited further unskilled Chinese immigration in order to reduce competition for jobs
The growth of cities