My vocab padlet by Melanie Muma https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh Made with mirth en-us 2016-09-21 14:12:17 UTC 2016-09-23 03:25:23 UTC hello@padlet.com Corruption mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125411989  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 14:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125411989 Industrialization mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125414949 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: The Progressive Era contained a lot of industrialization because there were many industries created and companies kicked off.
]]> 2016-09-21 14:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125414949 Immigration mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125720790 Coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
Example: Many people from Mexico immigrate illegally to the US.
]]> 2016-09-22 13:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125720790 Initiative  mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125724139 The right of citizens, outside the legislature (lawmakers), to introduce ideas for legislation (laws).
Example: People who work can show initiative by working extra hours and very hard.
]]> 2016-09-22 14:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125724139 Urbanization mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125728234 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: This also took place a lot in the Progressive Era because rural areas became apartment buildings and subways and other transportation took place. 
]]> 2016-09-22 14:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125728234 Tenements  mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125730883 A run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.
Example: "In New York City–where the population doubled every decade from 1800 to 1880–buildings that had once been single-family dwellings were increasingly divided into multiple living spaces to accommodate this growing population." -History.com


]]> 2016-09-22 14:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125730883 Sanitation mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125732454 Conditions relating to public health, especially the provision of clean drinking water, adequate sewage disposal and garbage disposal.
Example: Some not-so-developed countries (like Africa) have issues with clean water.]]> 2016-09-22 14:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125732454 Political Machines mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125735194  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: Tammany Hall was a political machine in the 19th century that was created because of the rapid growth of America.


]]> 2016-09-22 14:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125735194 Unions mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125740186 An organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests; a labor union.
Example: Many labor unions came about in the Industrial revolution of the 19th century.]]> 2016-09-22 14:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125740186 Muckrakers mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125907362 To search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
Theodore Roosevelt used this term in a speech as a nickname for investigative journalists.
]]> 2016-09-23 02:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125907362 Recall mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125907707 A procedure that allows citizens to remove and replace a public official before the end of a term of office.
Example: Eggo's waffles just had a recall for possible listeria contamination. 

]]> 2016-09-23 03:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125907707 Reform mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125908309 the improvement or fixing of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.
Example: There were many reforms back around the Progressive Era such as an education reform, a women's rights reform, etc.


]]> 2016-09-23 03:12:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125908309 Referendum mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125908539  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: An example is having citizens vote on a town curfew.


]]> 2016-09-23 03:16:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125908539 Xenophobic mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/udtq3gual7wh/wish/125908855 Having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.
Example: The Holocaust is an example of xenophobia.

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