Labor and Progressive Vocab Flashcards
A place or organization that provides various community services to people in a crowded part of a city
Settlement House
A sociological theory that sociocultural advance is the product of intergroup conflict and competition and the socially elite classes possess biological superiority.
Social Darwinism
A metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, especially to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion.
Alloy
A mixture of races
Miscegenation
An organized group of people who work together to influence government decisions that related to a particular industry
Lobby(ists)
A person (people) who searches out and publicly exposes real or apparent misconduct of a prominent individual or business; journalist
Muckracker(s)
A way of organizing an economy so that the things that are used to make and transport products are owned by individual people.
Capitalism
The process of building and operating factories and businesses in a city, region, country
Industrialization
Constituents
Any one of the people who live in an area
Initiative
A plan or program that is intended to solve a problem
Prohibition
The period of time from 1920 to 1933 in the U.S. when it was illegal to make or sell alcohol
Recall
The right or procedure by which an official may be removed by vote of the people
Referendum
An event in which the people of a county, stat, ect., vote ‘for’ or ‘against’ a law that deals with a specific issue.
Strike
To stop work in order to force an employer to comply with demands.
Suffrage
The right of voting
