Ss 8th Flashcards
Gilded
To be covered in a thin layer of gold paint
Progressive
Time for a change
Immigration
The action of coming to live permanently
Urbanization
Process of making an area more like a big city
Industrialization
A period of time when the country’s economy begins to turn raw materials into products
Suffrage
The right to vote in a political election
Enfranchise
To give the right to vote and participate in political life
Muckrakers
A journalist who exposes corruption
Free market
And economy based on supply and demand with no government restrictions
Monopolies
When one company controls are owns the whole market total control
Trusts
A group of separate companies placed under the control of single managing board
Captain of industry
A business leader who’s means of making money contributed positively to the country
Robber baron
A business leader using political means to achieve personal wealth
Laissez fair
Governments not interfering with free market
Thomas Edison
Perfected the modern day lightbulb, phonograph, invented starter for automobiles that illuminates handcrank doing on my
