Bookmarks by Ben Wehrley https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks Made with panache en-us 2016-09-21 14:10:35 UTC 2025-12-09 15:27:42 UTC hello@padlet.com Corruption wehrlebe2020 https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125412036 Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery (giving money for favors).

Example: Large companies are sometimes charged for corruption.
]]> 2016-09-21 14:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125412036 Immigration wehrlebe2020 https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125413111 Coming to live permanently in a foreign country.

Example: Many people have immigrated from Europe to America.
]]> 2016-09-21 14:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125413111 Industrialization wehrlebe2020 https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125414430 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: Industrialization occurred in the Industrial Revolution.]]> 2016-09-21 14:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125414430 Initiative wehrlebe2020 https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125721327 The right of citizens, outside the legislature (lawmakers), to introduce ideas for legislation (laws).


Example:  If you get enough signatures on a petition you can vote on it to be a new law.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/09/chan-zuckerberg-initiative-billion/501047/
]]> 2016-09-22 13:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125721327 Urbanization wehrlebe2020 https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125726454 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:  During the 1900's Urbanization was very popular.

http://www.dmagazine.com/commercial-real-estate/2016/09/scott-beck-millennials-and-rapid-urbanization/
]]> 2016-09-22 14:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125726454 Tenements wehrlebe2020 https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125729323 A run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.


Example: There are many tenements in poorer parts of Detroit.

http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/146443/Armour_Completes_Transfer_of_Tenements_for_Kincora_Project_in_Surat_Basin
]]> 2016-09-22 14:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125729323 Sanitation wehrlebe2020 https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125730964 Conditions relating to public health, especially the provision of clean drinking water, adequate sewage disposal and garbage disposal.


Example:  In school lunchrooms sanitation is very important.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/22/arts/design/mierle-laderman-ukeles-new-york-city-sanitation-department.html?_r=0
]]> 2016-09-22 14:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125730964 Political Machines wehrlebe2020 https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125731572 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: A tyranny could be an example of a political machine.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/syndrome-causing-american-political-dysfunction/

]]> 2016-09-22 14:18:53 UTC https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125731572 Unions wehrlebe2020 https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125733432 An organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests; a labor union. 

Example: Depending on your job, you could join a worker's union.]]> 2016-09-22 14:22:36 UTC https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125733432 Muckrakers wehrlebe2020 https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125738785 To search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.


Example: Muckrakers can be very annoying to politicians. 
]]> 2016-09-22 14:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125738785 Muckrakers wehrlebe2020 https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125739134 2016-09-22 14:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125739134 Recall wehrlebe2020 https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125900115 A procedure that allows citizens to remove and replace a public official before the end of a term of office


Example: At one point there was a recall for governor Walker.


]]> 2016-09-23 02:09:59 UTC https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125900115 Reform wehrlebe2020 https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125901531 The improvement or fixing of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.

Example: The U.S helped to reform the government in some middle eastern countries.

]]> 2016-09-23 02:29:21 UTC https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125901531 Referendum wehrlebe2020 https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125901741 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: The Wauwatosa School Board might have a referendum.
]]> 2016-09-23 02:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125901741 Xenophobic wehrlebe2020 https://padlet.com/wehrlebe2020/Bookmarks/wish/125902538 Having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.

Example:  North Korea is considered a xenophobic country.


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