1) progressive era- people became active to make a better government
2) muckraker- a person who exposed government officials who did bad
3)social gospel- a person who focused on excessive wealth, poverty, alcoholism, crime, racial tensions, and child labor.
4) social darwinism- you work hard to get what you need.
5) americanization- a person from a different place than America and they become a U.S citizen.
6) Europe- a place that is made up of cities like bulgaria, hungary, poland, italy, and portugal
7) political machine- a powerful person that persuades the people to vote for them.
8) andrew carnegie- scottish-american industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the american steel industry.
9) horizontal/ vertical integration- people owning their own businesses.
10) urban- human features to their surroundings
11) Upton Sinclair- american author and one- time candidate for governor of of california who wrote close to 100 books including The Jungle.
12) meat inspection act- a law that prevent mislabeled meat to be sold as food and make sure the meat is slaughtered and clean in sanitary conditions.
13) trust/ monopoly- owners that try to reduce competition and prices.
14) graft- political corruption that should not be used for politicians personal authority gain.
15) hull houses- important reform institutions that were used in the late 19th and early 20th century.
16) jane addams- founder of the hull house in chicago and a leader in women suffrage and world peace.
17) Cesar Chavez- an american farm worker who was a labor leader, and civil rights activist who co- founded the national farm workers association.
18) immigration act of 1965- it replaced a a quota system and put in a preference system that focused on immigrants family relationships and what not.
19) immigration- people moving and settling in a country or region where they did not live before.
20) alexander graham bell- a scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator who is created with credited with inventing the first telephone.
21) george eastman- american inventor who founded a company that invented film for pictures.
22) Thomas Edison- created the motion picture camera, and the light bulb
23) henry bessemer- an english inventor, engineer, and businessman, known for improving the process of steel.
24) reform- the improvement of what is wrong, corrupt, or not what you want.
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