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Explore essential vocabulary from the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, a time marked by stark contrasts between wealth and poverty. Key terms include "muckraker," referring to journalists who expose societal corruption, and "tenement," which denotes overcrowded urban housing. The era also featured settlement houses, which offered vital community services such as medical care and education. Other important concepts include trustbusting and legislative reforms like the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, alongside electoral processes like primaries, initiatives, and referendums, all aimed at enhancing democracy.
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It’s Power Vocab Time • Muckraker: A journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in society • Slum: Poor, crowded, run-down urban neighborhoods • Tenement: A building where several families rent rooms, often with little sanitation or safety • Settlement House: Institution located in poor neighborhoods that provided community services such as medical care, child care, libraries, and English classes.
Gilded Age – The name given to America in the late 1800’s referring to the extravagant wealth and the terrible poverty that lay underneath. • Trustbuster – Someone who breaks up a trust into smaller companies. • Sherman Anti Trust Act – Law passed to break up trusts. • Reform – To change – hopefully for the better. • Primary – An election where voters choose their parties candidate
Initiative – The right of citizens to place an issue before the voters or legislation for approval. • Referendum – The practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature.
