Industry Society Vocab

Question 1

Railroad Baron

Answer 1

A powerful individual who owns and controls railroads

Question 2

Patent

Answer 2

A license given by government that allows you to make and sell your product without others copying it

Question 3

Phonograph

Answer 3

A machine that reproduces sounds

Question 4

Assembly Line

Answer 4

A system in which each worker does one task repeatedly

Question 5

Mass production

Answer 5

Mechanized process to manufacture large quantities of product

Question 6

Monopoly

Answer 6

An industry controlled by one person

Question 7

Entrepreneur

Answer 7

Someone who starts a business

Question 8

Corporation

Answer 8

Business owned by multiple people

Question 9

Stock

Answer 9

Part ownership of a company

Question 10

Labor Union

Answer 10

Workers who demand better pay and working conditions

Question 11

Collective Bargaining

Answer 11

Talks between a labor Union and management over wages and matters

Question 12

Emigrate

Answer 12

To leave ones homeland

Question 13

Ethnic Group

Answer 13

People who share a culture or heritage

Question 14

Assimilate

Answer 14

To become part of a larger group

Question 15

Nativist

Answer 15

Someone against immigration

Question 16

Tenements

Answer 16

Building in the slums multiple families would live in

Question 17

Yellow Journalism

Answer 17

A journal style that exaggerates aspects of a story

Question 18

Oligopoly

Answer 18

Businesses that limit competition and raise prices to increase profit

Question 19

Muckraker

Answer 19

A reporter who exposes corruption in businesses

Question 20

Suffarigist

Answer 20

Active supporter of women’s right to vote

Question 21

Conservation

Answer 21

Prevention of wasteful use of resources (protects them)