Immigration/Industrialization Key Terms

A) Progressive Era Movement- a time period from the 1890's to 1920's where people wanted to fix the government and make it better.
B) Muckraker- a journalist who wrote about corrupt laws for popular magazines. Caused trouble.
C) Social Gospel- a movement by the Protestant Christians in the early 20th century that focused on the issues of everyone. For example, social justice issues.
D) Social Darwinism- "Survival of the Fittest" idea that justifies that there's no distinction between the able
E)Americanization- someone who's not from the United States.Thats accustomed to the beliefs, values, and ways of an American.
F)Nativist/ Nativism-people who are native or who were already there over immigrants.
G) Europe (Eastern & Southern)-" A continent that consists of some of the following countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Italy, Greece, Spain, and Portugal."
H)Political Machine- A person that is in charge of an organization  that gives rewards to the people and campaign workers that support him or her.
I)Andrew Carnegie-A Scottish-American philanthropist led the expansion of the American steel industry.
J)Horizontal/Vertical Integration-A management control that promotes profits, growth, efficiency, and monopolies for businesses.
K) Urban- affected by the population and human landmarks in regards to the areas surrounding it
L)Upton Sinclair-A candidate for California governor that was an author who wrote up to 100 books, one of them being The Jungle.M)Meat Inspection Act- a law that helps ensure that meat is prepared a sanitary way by preventing
N)Trust/Monopoly-"Companies that are not allowed by law own the entire business
; Owners that do not go by the law meet with other companies to eliminate some competition and form prices."
O)Graft-Can be defined as a bribe so the politician can gain authority
Q) Jane Addams- "A woman who studied the development of human society, was a pioneer settlement worker, important figure and leader of women's right to vote, and established the Hull House in Chicago."
R) Cesar Chavez- A leader of social justice, an American farm worker, co-founded with Dolores Huerta to establish the National Farm Workers Association, or the United Farm Workers.
S) Immigration Act of 1965- eliminated the quotas that restricted immigration and focused on the families of immigrants. There are many restrictions on visas to 170,000 per year, per country. 
T) Immigration- An act of moving to a country that one was not born in
U) Alexander Graham-A Scientist, inventor, and engineer that thought of new ideas and created the telephone.
V) George Eastman- A businessman, man who thought of new ideas, and founded a company for taking photos, thus making photography a new trend.
W) Thomas Edison- An inventor of many devices that influenced other devices around the world. Some examples are: phonograph, motion picture camera, and the light bulb.
X) Henry Bessemer- Engineer, inventor, and businessman from England that made the process for making steel easier.
Y) Reform- To improve or amend something that does not fit the standards.