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9th Grade
06/09/2011

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Upton Sinclair
Definition
Wrote about diseased cows being sluaghtered for meat and dead rats being shoved into suasage grinding machines.
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Immigration pull factor
Definition
attracts people to a country
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Captains of Industry
Definition
a business leader who has fortune and contributes to the Nation.
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Monopoly
Definition
a company that dominates and controls an industry
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Immigration push factor
Definition
country that has conditions that make people want to leave
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Ida Tarbell
Definition
a muckraker known for writing the history ofthe standard oil company
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Robber Barron
Definition
a capitalist who became wealthy by unethical means and exploitaion
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Nellie Bly
Definition
a journalist who went undercover to investigate the brutality and neglect at an insane asylum
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Jacob Riis
Definition
photogropher and journalist who documented the poor living conditions in NYC slums and child labor in factories
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4 cuases of WWI
Definition
militarism, Alliances, imperialism, and nationalism
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Buying on Margin
Definition
The practice of using a loan to buy stocks
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Black sunday
Definition
"Black Blizzard" april 14th 1935 cuased many to migrate
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Black Tuesday
Definition
October 29, 1929, a record 16.4million shares were sold compared to the avg. of 4miliom
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Laissez Faire
Definition
french phrase for "hands off"
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SSA
Definition
Social Security Act-gives elders checks every month
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AAA
Definition
Agricultural Adjustment Act- government paid farmers tokill crops and cattles
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CCC
Definition
Civilian Conservation Corps: help build stuff for a $1 a day/ fee living.
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FDIC
Definition
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Insures people's money in banks up to 85,00
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Introductory Rate
Definition
to entice custormers, many credit card companies offer $0 or low APR for the first few months
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Fixed Rate
Definition
APR that does not change during the life of a credit card
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Interest
Definition
Extra money tacked on to your balance each month everytime your total balance isnt payed
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APR
Definition
Annual percentage rate of balcance that turns into interest
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