MIDTERM PART 1 (terms)

Question 1

Political Machine

Answer 1

unofficial city organization designed to keep particular party/group in power

Question 2

Recall

Answer 2

allowed citizen to remove elected officials before their terms were up

Question 3

Referendum

Answer 3

direct vote when everyone votes on a specific issue

Question 4

Suburb

Answer 4

Residential community surrounding a city

Question 5

Settlement House

Answer 5

community center organized to provide services to the urban poor

Question 6

Initiative

Answer 6

allowed people to propose new laws/changes to existing laws direclty, getting enough signatures

Question 7

Dumbbell Tenement

Answer 7

narrow building, allowing light air/air shafts

Question 8

Gentlemen’s Agreement

Answer 8

1907 agreement US & Japan restricted Japanese immigration

Question 9

Tenement

Answer 9

low-cost apartment that often has poor standards, fits as many people

Question 10

Chinese Exclusion Act

Answer 10

law passed 1882 prohibiting Chinese laborers from entering the country, did not prevent entry of previous US citizens

Question 11

17th Amendment

Answer 11

established election of US senators by the people, increase democratic participation

Question 12

Urbanization

Answer 12

human populations increase into discrete areas

Question 13

Piecework

Answer 13

Workers paid based off of number of items they produce

Question 14

Sweatshops

Answer 14

workers face poor working conditions

Question 15

Union

Answer 15

Organization where workers collectively represent their interests & negotiate with employers

Question 16

Strike

Answer 16

Workers protest to having better working conditions (they refuse to have bad ones)

Question 17

Robber Baron

Answer 17

Wealthy business leader that treated worker poorly & manipulates industry in negative way

Question 18

Monopoly

Answer 18

A company having control over a particular product/service, limiting competition

Question 19

Direct Primary

Answer 19

form of elections when voter directly choose political party candidates

Question 20

Anti-Imperialists

Answer 20

political principal in independence struggles against intervention