Vocab Study

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Across
  1. 1. This is the war between the north and the south in the United States
  2. 4. The right to vote
  3. 8. the extreme loyalty or devotion to the interests of one's own region—primarily the North, South, or West—rather than to the nation as a whole
  4. 12. Formal taking of territory
  5. 14. a large business combination or monopoly dominant during the late 19th/early 20th century
  6. 15. an economic system based on private ownership of the means of production, where goods and services are produced for profit in a free market
  7. 18. This process, invented by Sir Henry Bessemer in the 1850s, was the first inexpensive industrial method for mass-producing steel by blowing air through molten pig iron to oxidize and remove impurities
  8. 19. policy of leave alone/stopping governments from interfering in the workings of the free market
  9. 21. 19th-century American industrialists, including John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie, who built immense fortunes through unethical, monopolistic practices like slashing wages, exploiting workers, and destroying competition
  10. 22. Carpetbagger" is a derogatory term originating from the American Reconstruction era (1865–1877) to describe Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War, often perceived as opportunists seeking to exploit the region's chaotic political and economic state for personal gain
  11. 23. the creation of more goods than are demanded or can be consumed, resulting in excess inventory, price drops, and economic instability
Down
  1. 2. the turbulent U.S. era following the Civil War dedicated to reintegrating former Confederate states, rebuilding the Southern economy, and defining the legal/social status of 4 million newly freed African Americans
  2. 3. the process where individuals or minority groups adopt the customs, language, and attitudes of a prevailing culture, often abandoning their original traditions
  3. 5. a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
  4. 6. a refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer
  5. 7. a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
  6. 9. an ideology and socioeconomic system aimed at establishing a classless, stateless society based on common ownership of the means of production, abolishing private property
  7. 10. exists when a single seller dominates a market with no close substitutes and high barriers to entry, allowing them to act as a price maker
  8. 11. The belief that a person born in a country deserves more rights over those who immigrate into a nation
  9. 13. an economic and political system based on public or collective ownership of the means of production, aiming for an equitable distribution of resources and wealth.
  10. 16. drastically increased production efficiency and reduced manufacturing costs
  11. 17. increasing population shift from rural to urban areas, driven by industrialization, modernization, and economic opportunity
  12. 20. A person who is anti government