History Vocab List by Emma Stump https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo en-us 2022-08-29 17:42:09 UTC 2026-01-12 21:05:10 UTC hello@padlet.com Bessemer Process 2550361 https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2275095347 A cheap and efficient process 
for making steel, developed around 1850.
]]> 2022-08-29 17:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2275095347 Interstate Commerce Act 2550361 https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2275098300 a law, enacted in 1887, that established the federal government's right to supervise railroad activities and created a five-member Interstate Commerce Commission to do so.]]> 2022-08-29 17:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2275098300 Vertical Integration 2550361 https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2275126138 A company's taking over its suppliers and distributors and transportation systems to gain total control over the quality and cost of its product.]]> 2022-08-29 18:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2275126138 Social Darwinism 2550361 https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2275130037 an economic and social philosophy, supposedly based on the biologist Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, holding that a system of unrestrained competition will ensure the survival of the fittest.]]> 2022-08-29 18:14:02 UTC https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2275130037 Sherman Antitrust Act 2550361 https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2275135274 A law, enacted in 1890, that was intended to prevent the creation of monopolies by making it illegal to establish trusts that interfered with free trade.]]> 2022-08-29 18:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2275135274 Nativism 2550361 https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2275146511 Favoring the interests of native-born people over foreign-born people.]]> 2022-08-29 18:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2275146511 Urbanization 2550361 https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2275150380 The growth of cities. ]]> 2022-08-29 18:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2275150380 Tenement 2550361 https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2276174822 A multifamily urban dwelling, usually overcrowded and unsanitary.]]> 2022-08-30 12:39:53 UTC https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2276174822 Settlement House 2550361 https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2276176651 A community center providing assistance to residents, particularly immigrants, in a slum neighborhood. ]]> 2022-08-30 12:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2276176651 Political Machine 2550361 https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2276178980 An organized group that controls a political party in a city and offers services to voters and businesses in exchange for political and financial support.]]> 2022-08-30 12:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2276178980 Graft 2550361 https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2276184417 The illegal use of political influence for personal gain. ]]> 2022-08-30 12:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2276184417 Patronage 2550361 https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2278138125 An officeholder's power to appoint people, usually those who have helped him or her get elected, to positions in government.]]> 2022-08-31 18:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2278138125 Horizontal Integration 2550361 https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2279220566 The merging of companies that make similar products. ]]> 2022-09-01 12:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2279220566 Civil Service 2550361 https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2279222157 A law, enacted in 1883, that established a bipartisan civil service commission to make appointments to government jobs by means of the merit system.]]> 2022-09-01 12:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2279222157 Progressive Movement 2550361 https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2281036950 An early-20th-century reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people, to restore economic opportunities, and to correct injustices in American life.]]> 2022-09-02 18:01:12 UTC https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2281036950 Mass Transit 2550361 https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2284573815 Transportation systems designed to move large numbers of people along fixed routes.]]> 2022-09-06 12:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/2550361/sudusx3baff3x8yo/wish/2284573815