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Technological unemployment:
The replacement of human work by machines
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Strike:
When workers stop working until employers comply with their demands
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Immigrant:
A person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another
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List and describe three ways in which immigration affected American workers.
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Why did so many American workers organize labor unions in the mid to late 1800’s? Be specific.
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Populist Party:
Political party created by the farmers and wage earners in favor of “cheap money” or more money in circulation
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Inflation:
A general increase in prices and decrease in the purchasing power of money
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Tight money:
The economic condition in which money is hard to come by
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“Cross of Gold Speech”:
William Jennings Bryan’s rousing speech in which he favored a sliver standard
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Interstate Commerce Act:
Attempted to correct unfair railroad practices; first federal regulation of transportation
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Sherman Silver Purchase Act: Attempted to benefit farmers by increasing the amount of money in circulation; set the exchange rate of silver to gold at 16:1
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Describe four problems facing farmers during the Industrial Revolution. Be sure to include what caused the problem and its effect(s) on the farmers.
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Muckrakers:
Writers who exposed the evils and corruption in politics and the business world
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The Jungle:
Sensational novel written in 1906 by muckraking novelist Upton Sinclair about the unsanitary practices of the meat-packing industry
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16th amendment: Legalized a federal income tax based on the “ability to pay principle”
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18th amendment: Forbade the sale, manufacture, and distribution of alcoholic beverages
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19th amendment: Gave women the right to vote due to the effort of women suffragists
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Describe the Progressives: a) What were their three general aims? b) How did they view the role of government, the Constitution, and human nature?
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