The Gilded Age

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Across
  1. 5. Corrupt, tightly organized political groups that controlled city governments
  2. 6. Derogatory label for wealthy businessmen who built massive monopolies
Down
  1. 1. Investigative journalists and writers who exposed corruption, poverty, and corporate greed to the public
  2. 2. Complete control of an industry or product
  3. 3. A form of monopoly where competing companies hand over their stock to a board of trustees to manage the market and fix prices.
  4. 4. meaning something looks beautiful and prosperous on the surface but is cheap and rotten underneath