Progressive Vocab by Victoria Bradshaw https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19 Made with no regrets, whatsoever en-us 2016-09-21 14:12:25 UTC 2016-09-22 14:19:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Corruption bradshvi2020 https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125413489 Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery (giving money for favors).
Example: Some large companies are corrupt with power.]]> 2016-09-21 14:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125413489 Immigration bradshvi2020 https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125414462 Coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
Example: People might have to immigrate if their own country is too dangerous to stay in.]]> 2016-09-21 14:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125414462 Industrialization bradshvi2020 https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125579198 The process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural (farming) to one based on the manufacturing of goods (machines and factories). Individual manual labor is often replaced by mechanized mass production, and craftsmen are replaced by assembly lines.
Example: Towns industrialize to make room for more people.

]]> 2016-09-21 23:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125579198 Initiative bradshvi2020 https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125580377 The right of citizens, outside the legislature (lawmakers), to introduce ideas for legislation (laws).
Example:]]> 2016-09-21 23:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125580377 Urbanization bradshvi2020 https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125580497 Becoming more like a city. When populations of people grow, the population of a place may spill over from city to nearby areas. Maybe tall apartment buildings spring up on what had been the outskirts of town, bringing more people there to live and work.
Example: My town urbanized]]> 2016-09-21 23:34:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125580497 Tenemants bradshvi2020 https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125580588 A run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.
Example: New York City has a lot of tenemants]]> 2016-09-21 23:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125580588 Sanitation bradshvi2020 https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125580644 Conditions relating to public health, especially the provision of clean drinking water, adequate sewage disposal and garbage disposal.
Example: Sanitation of cities is very important in order to keep everyone healthy.
]]> 2016-09-21 23:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125580644 Political Machines bradshvi2020 https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125580812 A political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group, commands the support of a group of supporters and businesses (usually campaign workers), who receive rewards for their efforts. The machine's power is based on the ability of the workers to get out the vote for their candidates on election day. In many cases illegal actions are taken to control the government for the benefit of that group.
Example: Political Machines are big parts of elections.]]> 2016-09-21 23:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125580812 Unions bradshvi2020 https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125580884 An organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests; a labor union.
Example: Labor unions protect workers]]> 2016-09-21 23:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125580884 Muckrakers bradshvi2020 https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125580944 To search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
Example: Muckrakers helped with the Watergate scandal.]]> 2016-09-21 23:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125580944 Recall bradshvi2020 https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125581009 A procedure that allows citizens to remove and replace a public official before the end of a term of office 
Example: Brazil recalled their president.]]> 2016-09-21 23:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125581009 Reform bradshvi2020 https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125581083 the improvement or fixing of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.
Example: Tax reform ]]> 2016-09-21 23:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125581083 Referendum bradshvi2020 https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125581187 A general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision. (voters get to choose yes or no to a question like spending money on a new school)
Example: Schools sometimes put out referendums.

]]> 2016-09-21 23:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125581187 Xenophobic bradshvi2020 https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125581231 Having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.
Example: Hitler was very xenophobic.]]> 2016-09-21 23:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshvi2020/a3redr8yhi19/wish/125581231