Changing Society Vocab

Question 1

dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery

Answer 1

corruption

Question 2

work at an unskilled manual occupation

Answer 2

labor

Question 3

the exclusive possession or control of supply or trade in a service or good

Answer 3

monopoly

Question 4

make changes in something to improve it

Answer 4

reform

Question 5

economic or political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit

Answer 5

capitalism

Question 6

development of industry, business, and the economy

Answer 6

industrialization

Question 7

an organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests

Answer 7

labor union

Question 8

favoring or promoting change, modernization, and transformation

Answer 8

progressive

Question 9

process of making an area more city-like; the growth of cities and towns from villages

Answer 9

urbanization

Question 10

policy of protecting native born, an anti-immigration feeling

Answer 10

nativism

Question 11

an investigative journalist looking to expose a social or political problem

Answer 11

muckraker

Question 12

to become part of another culture

Answer 12

assimilate

Question 13

a dwelling housing immigrants, very run down and dangerous

Answer 13

tenement

Question 14

measurement of mass, people per square mile

Answer 14

density

Question 15

hands off, government policy of noninvolvement in the economy

Answer 15

laissez-faire

Question 16

a stoppage of work

Answer 16

strike