Ch. 4 Vocabulary Flashcards
Immigrant
One who enters and is established in another country other than his original nationality
Ethnics
Related to large groups of people related to racial or national background
Nativism
Hostility towards immigrants by native born people
Incentive
Something that motivates someone into action
Skyscraper
A very tall building
Tenement
Multi family apartments that meet limited living standards
Trigger
To cause an action that causes a greater reaction
Political Machine
An organization limited to a political party that often controlled local government
Party Boss
The person in control of a political machine
Graft
The acquisition of money in dishonest ways, such as bribing politicians
Individualism
Belief that despite a persons background, they can still be successful
Social Darwinism
Philosophy based on Darwins theories of evolution and natural selection, asserting humans have developed through completion and only the fittest surviving
Evolution
Scientific theory that humans and other life forms have developed over time
Philanthropy
Providing money to help humanitarian or social goals
Settlement House
Institution in poor neighborhoods that provided medical attention and other community services
Americanization
Causing of person or individual to acquire American traits and characteristics
Publish
To make a document available to the general public
Populism
Political movement in 1890’s farmers in favor of free coinage of silver and political control on railroads
Greenback
A unit of paper currency issued by government in first civil war
Currency
Paper money used as a medium of exchange
Inflation
Ongoing increase in prices and decrease in the value of money
Bond
Note issued by government that promises to pay off a loan with interest
Deflation
Ongoing decrease in value and increase in value of money
Cooperative
Store where farmers buy goods from each other
Strategy
Plan or method for achieving a goal
Graduated income tax
Tax based on net income of an individual or business and which taxes different incomes
Poll tax
A tax of a fixed amount per person that had to be paid before the person could vote
Segregation
Separation of race, class, or houses
Discrimination
Different treatment of others based on bias
Jim Crowe Laws
Enforce segregation
Lynch
To execute by hanging without lawful approval
