Big Money, Immigration, and Urbanization
Across
- 7. an English inventor, whose steel-making process would become the most important technique for making steel in the nineteenth century
- 10. an American oil production, transportation, refining, and marketing company that operated from 1870 to 1911
- 11. a business strategy in which one company grows its operations at the same level in an industry
- 13. a new law imposed requirements for tenements
- 14. an economic system in which transactions between private groups of people are free from any form of economic interventionism
- 15. the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service
- 19. was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago, Illinois
- 23. an American politician most notable for being the political boss of Tammany Hall
- 25. an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, and author
- 27. a New York City political organization founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1789
- 29. nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping.
- 30. the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
- 32. also known as the "Sugar Trust Case," was a United States Supreme Court antitrust case that severely limited the federal government's power to pursue antitrust actions
- 34. the combination in one company of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate companies
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- 1. led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history
- 2. He has been widely considered the wealthiest American of all time and the richest person in modern history
- 3. known for reorganizing businesses to make them more profitable and stable and gaining control of them
- 4. an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests
- 5. an article written by Andrew Carnegie in June of 1889 that describes the responsibility of philanthropy
- 6. came largely from southern and eastern Europe.
- 8. a 1947 American drama film based on Laura Z. Hobson's best-selling 1947 novel of the same title
- 9. an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World
- 12. the group European immigrants who “came mainly from Northern and Central Europe
- 16. a Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone
- 17. prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years
- 18. an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures
- 20. authorized the federal government to institute proceedings against trusts in order to dissolve them
- 21. America's largest and most active immigration station
- 22. refers to various theories and societal practices that purport to apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology, economics and politics
- 24. firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something
- 26. the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows on another
- 28. provided that federal government jobs be awarded on the basis of merit and that government employees be selected through competitive exams
- 31. processed about half a million immigrants from 80 countries
- 33. an American integrated steel producer headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with production operations primarily in the United States of America