Cressida's Gilded Age Crossword Puzzle

1. was the backbone of Louisiana’s economy. The state’s fertile soil and long growing season made it ideal for it.
2. This Iconic statue of the U.S greets immigrants at the New York Harbor, symbolizing hope and freedom.
4. contributed to the rapid expansion of South Dakota’s economy and its eventual statehood in 1889.
8. highlighted the growing tensions between industrialists and laborers.
10. the historic meeting point where the two railroads joined.
12. world’s wealthiest man and a major philanthropist.
13. born into slavery and rose to become a leading African American intellectual.
14. formed the American Railway Union in 1892. Two years later, found himself leading the great Pullman strike.
15. This was the first law in American history to exclude an entire ethnic group from immigration.
16. assisted America in a crisis, loaning the federal government more than $60 million.
17. served as a main entry point for Immigrants from countries like Italy, Ireland, Poland, and Russia arriving in the United States
18. started out as a Bobbin boy at a cotton factory, earning $1.20 a week.

1. built a transportation empire in railroads and shipping, earning the nickname “The Commodore.”
3. was nicknamed “The Wizard of Menlo Park” for groundbreaking inventions.
5. a powerful political organization in New York City that helped immigrants find jobs and housing in exchange for their votes.
6. American labour leader and the first president of the American Federation of Labor.
7. Built between 1863 and 1869, connected the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads.
9. provided support to recently arrived immigrants and working-class families who faced poverty and harsh living conditions, with services that included English language classes, job training, and childcare.
11. a journalist born on November 5, 1857, in Erie County, Pennsylvania.