Social Studies Ch. 20 & 21 Test Vocab Flashcards
Assimilation
Adapting to fit into your environment
Acculturation
Assimilating into a new culture
Industrialization
Transforming from agriculture to the manufacturing of goods
Urbanization
City growth due to industrialization
Immigration
The permanent movement of people into one country from other nation
Old Immigrant
Immigrants from Northern and Western Europe that usually spoke English and were protestant
New Immigrant
Immigrants mostly from Southern and Eastern Europe or Asia that were less likely to speak English and were usually Catholic, Jewish, or of an Asian religion
Nativism
The belief that natively born Americans are superior to foreigners
Corporation
A large business that is owned by its shareholders
Trust
A group of businesses in the same industry that share a common board of directors
Monopoly
A market where there is only one provider
Tenement
Poorly constructed, overcrowded, unsanitary firetraps that many immigrants were forced to live in
Sherman Antitrust Act
A government effort to ban monopolies and trusts that hurt the public through unfair competition
Subsidies
Money or goods given by a person or government to support a project that benefits the public
Rebates
A discount or return of part of a payment
Labor Union
Organizations that sought to unite working people to fight for better working conditions
Collective Bargaining
A union’s right to negotiate wages, hours, and working conditions with business
Vertical Integration
Gaining monopoly control of all steps in the manufacturing process
Horizontal Integration
Gaining monopoly control over one step in the manufacturing process, so that all other steps are dependent on you
Government Regulation
Government control of business
