Vocab #6

2. A crowded, poorly built apartment building where many poor families lived.
7. When workers stop working to protest unfair treatment or low pay.
8. The process of making goods in factories using machines instead of by hand.
12. A community center that helped immigrants and poor families with education and services.
13. A wealthy business leader who made money in unfair or dishonest ways.
14. The late 1800s time period when the U.S. had big economic growth but also poverty and corruption.
15. A journalist who exposed corruption and problems in business or government.

1. Moving to a new country to live there permanently.
3. The growth of cities as more people move from farms to cities.
4. A group of workers who join together to improve pay and working conditions.
5. A business leader who made money but also helped improve the country with jobs and new inventions.
6. When immigrants adopt the language and culture of their new country.
9. A method of making steel quickly and cheaply by blowing air through melted iron.
10. A production method where workers stay in one place and products move past them as they build them step by step.
11. When one company controls an entire industry and has little or no competition.