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Chapter 3
Term | Definition |
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Nativism | Hostility toward immigrants. |
Skyscraper | A tall building. |
Tenement | Multifamily apartments with bad conditions. |
Political machine | An organization that often controlled local gov. |
Party boss | The person in control of a political machine. |
Graft | Collecting money in dishonest ways. |
Individualism | The belief that the person can become successful no matter what. |
Social Darwinism | A philosophy based on Charles Darwin's theories of evolution and natural selection. |
Philanthropy | Money to support social goals. |
Settlement House | An institutional located in a poor neighborhood that provided numerous community services. |
Americanization | Process of causing a person to acquire American traits. |
Populism | Political movement representing mainly farmers that favored free coinage of silver and other industries |
Greenbacks | Unit of paper currency issued during the Civil War. |
Inflation | An ongoing increase in prices and decrease in the value of money. |
Graduated income tax | A tax based on the net income. |
Deflation | A decline in the volume of available money or credit.Lowering rices, increasing power of money. |
Cooperatives | A store where farmers buy products from each other. |
Poll tax | |
Segregation | |
Jim Crow laws | Statutes enacted to enforce segregation. |
Lynch |