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Progressive vocab 1

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MarxismWorkers will eventually revolt against factories and take control of the government to redistribute wealth
Social DarwinismThose who can’t adapt to the environment do not succeed in America
RealismWriting about the everyday people in reaction to industrialism to draw attention to dramatic social changes and class differences
Free EnterpriseCitizens make business decisions as they see fit
Lassie faireGovernment has little interference in businesses and economy
SuffrageRight to vote
Captains of IndustryThose who accumulated great wealth from the industrial revolution and gilded age
Robber BaronsCriticism of those who accumulated great wealth from the industrial revolution and gilded age because it seemed to be at the expense of their workers.
SweatshopsDangerous factory job with poor conditions that often used children, women and immigrants
NewsiesDangerous job selling newspapers with poor conditions that employed children
OSHAGovernment department in charge of safety regulations in the workplace. Eventually created many years later due to dangerous work environments such as the triangle shirt factory.
CommunismIdeology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, stateless and revolutionary socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production.
NativistsPolitical group that was anti-immigration
MuckrakersJournalists that sought to open societies eyes to corruption in business and problems in society
TemperanceMovement for prohibition of alcohol to rid society of its evil effects t
PopulismFarmers or workers party that was anti big business and immigration.


US History Teacher & AP Government
Bartow High School
Bartow, FL

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