Gilded Age People and Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. Invented the light bulb in 1879.
  2. 6. His mass produced Model T was the first affordable automobile.
  3. 7. An organization of workers formed to protect their rights.
  4. 8. First progressive president.
  5. 12. Growth of cities
  6. 17. Worked to make American society a better and safer place to live.
  7. 18. Social _________________ is the idea that certain people become more powerful in society because they are simply better.
  8. 19. The ___________ brothers invented the first functioning airplane.
Down
  1. 1. Treating people differently because of their characteristics.
  2. 2. Invented the telephone.
  3. 3. When one company dominates an entire industry.
  4. 4. Scottish immigrant who founded the US Steel Company.
  5. 8. He became the richest man in the world through his company Standard Oil.
  6. 9. Railroad that connected America's east and west coasts.
  7. 10. He became one of the richest men in America by controlling the railroads and shipping industry.
  8. 11. The term used for anti-immigration feelings.
  9. 13. A person who became rich through ruthless business practices.
  10. 14. System in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.
  11. 15. Movement of people from one place to another.
  12. 16. Island on which immigrants from Europe were processed.