unit 1 vocab

Question 1

graft

Answer 1

the illegal use of political influence for personal gain

Question 2

vertical integration

Answer 2

owning every step of production

Question 3

horizontal integration

Answer 3

not owning all stages of production

Question 4

the jungle

Answer 4

a book written by Upton Sinclair exposing the hazardous and dangerous conditions of the meat packing plants in chicago. Lead to first food and drug regulation laws.

Question 5

big business

Answer 5

large scale or important financial or commercial activity.

Question 6

trust

Answer 6

monopolies or near-monopolies in the United States during the Second Industrial Revolution in the 19th century and early 20th century.

Question 7

robber baron

Answer 7

successful industrialists whose business practices were often considered ruthless or unethical.

Question 8

political machine

Answer 8

An organized group that controlled the activities of a political party in a city and offered services to voters & businesses in exchange for political or financial support

Question 9

urbanization

Answer 9

the concentration of human populations into discrete areas

Question 10

melting pot

Answer 10

Americanization in which immigrants adopt American culture and abandon culture from their home country

Question 11

salad bowl

Answer 11

multicultural society can integrate different cultures while maintaining their separate identities,

Question 12

gilded age

Answer 12

a time of great political corruption and wealth inequality in the late 1800s