Topic #9 - Birth of Modern America

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Across
  1. 6. an African American reformer who was against segregation and wanted blacks to fight for their rights
  2. 8. wrote "The Bitter Cry of the Children"
  3. 12. an African American reformer who was okay with the idea of segregation
  4. 13. owned many steel producing factories and wealthy
  5. 14. a government authority or license conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention.
  6. 15. officially order someone or something to return to a place.
  7. 16. immigrated before 1880, come from west and north Europe
  8. 18. third class accommodations on a steamship
  9. 19. immigrated after 1880, come from south and east Italy
  10. 20. movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions.
  11. 21. practice as a political party in power giving jobs and opportunities to its supporters and not to people based on their qualifications
  12. 23. a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
  13. 24. the power or opportunity to act or take charge before others do.
  14. 25. area in which one ethnic or racial group dominates
Down
  1. 1. term coined by Mark Twain to describe the post-Reconstruction Era as a facade to prosperity
  2. 2. when wages were dropped by 25%
  3. 3. of Labor looked for skilled, unskilled, male or female, welcomed anyone to help.
  4. 4. a political theory advocating the abolition of hierarchical government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion.
  5. 5. someone who owns or manages a large, successful business or company.
  6. 7. wrote "The Jungle"
  7. 9. theory under which the means of production are publically controlled and regulated rather than owned by individuals
  8. 10. exclusive control by one company over an entire industry
  9. 11. a person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices
  10. 17. the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
  11. 22. theory advocating minimal government interference in the economy