History crossword

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  1. 2. - During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, businesses aspired to form monopolies
  2. 4. Island - Ellis Island is a federally owned island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, that was the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States.
  3. 5. Darwinism - Social Darwinists believe in “survival of the fittest”—the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better
  4. 8. - Laissez-faire is an economic system in which transactions between private groups of people are free from any form of economic interventionism deriving from special interest groups
  5. 10. Revolution - The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, that occurred during the period from around 1760 to about 1820–1840
  6. 13. Railroad – North America's first transcontinental railroad was a 1,911-mile continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay
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  1. 1. Commerce Act - The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices.
  2. 3. process -The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace.
  3. 6. Bargaining - Collective bargaining is a process of negotiation between employers and a group of employees aimed at agreements to regulate working salaries, working conditions, benefits, and other aspects of workers' compensation and rights for workers
  4. 7. Resources – People found an extra source of energy with an incredible capacity for work. That source was fossil fuels — coal, oil, and natural gas, though coal led the way
  5. 8. Unions – One of the first national unions was the Knights of Labor in the 1880s. It grew rapidly, but just as quickly collapsed.
  6. 9. -The Industrial Workers of the World, members of which are commonly termed "Wobblies", is an international labor union that was founded in Chicago in 1905. The origin of the nickname "Wobblies" is uncertain
  7. 11. - The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations is the largest federation of unions in the United States. It is made up of 56 national and international unions, together representing more than 12 million active and retired workers
  8. 12. Island – Angel Island is an island in San Francisco Bay. The entire island is included within Angel Island State Park, administered by California State Parks.
  9. 14. Anti-Trust - The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 is a United States antitrust law which prescribes the rule of free competition among those engaged in commerce
  10. 15. - The term trust is often used in a historical sense to refer to monopolies or near-monopolies in the United States during the Second Industrial Revolution in the 19th century and early 20th century