Gilded Age

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Across
  1. 1. these immigrants were mostly Catholic and left their home due to famine
  2. 3. journalists who called out politicians and businesses for being corrupt
  3. 4. this process made it easier and cheaper to make steel
  4. 6. these immigrants were also effected by the Chinese Exclusion Act despite not being Chinese
  5. 8. railroad tycoon
  6. 9. a legal body that was created to hold stock in several companies
  7. 14. the first name of President McKinley, President Taft, and runner-up Jennings Bryan
  8. 18. an idea backed by the Populist Party that supported the coining of both gold AND silver
  9. 19. these immigrants left Russia to escape religious persecution
  10. 20. Teddy Roosevelt was governor of this state before becoming president
  11. 21. having full control of a certain product/service to prevent competition
Down
  1. 2. Teddy Roosevelt's various reforms to fight business corruption
  2. 5. this civil service act made it so government officials would only be hired based on performance and merit
  3. 7. these were neighborhoods on the west coast primarily consisting of Chinese immigrants
  4. 10. the widespread growth of cities
  5. 11. this social/political movement pushed to improve American life
  6. 12. these immigrants left their home due to poverty
  7. 13. becoming a part of a new culture by dropping old customs and picking up those of your new home
  8. 15. these immigrants were welcomed to the US to work on southwestern farms and rarely needed a passport
  9. 16. president during the Panic of 1893 and sent troops in to stop the Pullman Strike
  10. 17. most women started working at these types of mills