The Transforming Nation - 1870-1910

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Across
  1. 5. Railroad built between 1863 and 1869 that connected the west coast with the rest of the country (two words)
  2. 10. The process of cities growing quickly as people move there for jobs.
  3. 11. Last name of the influential steel tycoon
  4. 13. Last name of the man who by 1900 owned 90% of all US oil refineries
  5. 15. One of the tribes who was a well known enemy of the Sioux, worked as scouts for the US Army during the Sioux war and now resides along Montana's southern border
  6. 18. Kind of business expansion that involves acquiring as many elements of his supply chain as possible (two words)
  7. 20. The large gap between the rich and the poor (two Words)
  8. 21. Mail service that operated between 1860 and 1861 on horseback (two words)
  9. 22. Complete control over a market
  10. 24. Kind of business expansion that involves buying out competitors (two words)
Down
  1. 1. The second tribe that came to reside on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming (two words)
  2. 2. Law passed in 1862 that allowed U.S. citizens to claim 160 acres of public land for a small fee (two words)
  3. 3. Economic idea that the market regulates itself through supply and demand and there shouldn't be government interference - “leave business alone” (two words, hyphenated)
  4. 4. Last name of the guy who invented the telephone
  5. 6. The most well known battle of the Sioux War that resulted in Custer's death aka Greasy Grass to the Sioux and Cheyenne (Three words)
  6. 7. Sole legal right to make or sell an invention for a specific period of time.
  7. 8. Overcrowded and often poorly maintained apartment buildings, especially in city slums
  8. 9. Period in American history between the 1870s and 1890s of rapid industrialization, technological innovation, significant social inequalities, and political corruption.
  9. 12. Business men who used questionable business practices to amass a lot of wealth (two words)
  10. 14. An economic system in which factories, equipment, and other means of production are privately owned rather than being controlled by the government.
  11. 16. Ms. Hutchison's dog's name
  12. 17. Law passed in 1882 which ended Chinese immigration to America (three Words)
  13. 19. One of the Native American tribes that resides on the Wind River reservation, whose most well-known chief is Chief Washakie (two Words)
  14. 23. Immigration processing center that saw 75% of total immigrants between 1892 and the 1920s (two words)