2nd Industrial Revolution and Immigration
Industrialization Vocabulary
industrialization (n.) Description: Movement away from farming and into factories Machines replace people Workers were unskilled Task: Give two examples of industries. Description: Movement away from farming and into factories Machines replace people Workers were unskilled Task: Give two examples of industries. Level of Understanding: Word Relatives: industry (n.) industrial (adj.) industrialist (n.) industrialize (v.) Picture:
revolution (n.) Description: A period of great change Task: The iPhone revolutionized the cell phone industry. Explain how. Sentence starter: The iPhone _________ the cell phone industry by______. Level of Understanding: Word Relatives: revolt (v.) revolutionary (n., adj.) revolutionize (v.) Keyword:
innovation (n.) Description: A new and creative way of doing something Task: What is an example of an innovation? Description: A new and creative way of doing something Task: What is an example of an innovation? Level of Understanding: Word Relatives: innovate (v.) innovator (n.) innovative (adj.) Examples:
Immigration and Urbanization Vocabulary
push/pull factors (n.) Push Factor - all the reasons why a person or group of people leave an area Pull Factor - all the reasons that attract a person or group of people to an area Task: What is a push factor for immigrants today? Push Factor - all the reasons why a person or group of people leave an area Pull Factor - all the reasons that attract a person or group of people to an area Task: What is a push factor for immigrants today? Level of Understanding: Examples: Push factor examples: Famine, unemployment, persecution/safety, war Pull Factor examples: employment, opportunity, freedom, safety, education
assimilation (n.) Description: Becoming like another culture Task: What are two ways that immigrants assimilate to their new countries? Level of Understanding: Word Relatives: assimilate (v.)
Progressive Era Vocabulary
progressive (adj) Description: A desire to make something better Task: ______________ was progressive because she/he ______________. Description: A desire to make something better Task: ______________ was progressive because she/he ______________. Level of Understanding: Word Relatives: progress (n. or v.) Picture:
reform (v.) Description: To improve or make better Sentence: One poor habit that I should reform is __________. Description: To improve or make better Sentence: One poor habit that I should reform is __________. Level of Understanding: Word Relatives: reformer (n) Picture:
corruption (n) Description: Dishonest or illegal actions committed for personal or monetary gain Sentence: The corrupt public official was punished for taking bribes. Description: Dishonest or illegal actions committed for personal or monetary gain Sentence: The corrupt public official was punished for taking bribes. Level of Understanding: Word Relatives: corrupt (v) Example:
Muckrakers (n.) Description: A group of people who exposed corruption in business and politics Sentence: Many politicians and business owners feared muckrakers. Level of Understanding: Word Relatives: muckraking (v.) Picture:
Suffrage (n) Description: The right to vote Sentence: Many women joined the women’s suffrage movement because they wanted equal rights as men. Description: The right to vote Sentence: Many women joined the women’s suffrage movement because they wanted equal rights as men. Level of Understanding: Word Relatives: suffragist (n.) Keyword:
Temperance (n.) Description: Movement to ban alcohol in the US Sentence: I am intemperate with _____________. Level of Understanding: Word Relatives: Keyword: