Across
- 4. Rapid growth of manufacturing and factories
- 6. John D., oil tycoon and wealthiest American of the era
- 7. Term coined by Mark Twain to describe the era's superficial prosperity
- 9. Distribution of government jobs to political supporters
- 11. Growth of cities due to industrialization and immigration
- 13. J.P., financier and banker who dominated corporate finance
- 14. Control of an entire industry by a single entity
- 15. Movement, efforts to organize workers and improve conditions
- 17. Cornelius, shipping and railroad magnate
- 18. belief that economic success was due to "survival of the fittest"
Down
- 1. Influx of people from Europe and Asia seeking opportunity
- 2. Workers' refusal to work in protest of conditions or pay
- 3. Machine, corrupt organizations that controlled cities
- 5. Boss, notorious New York City political boss
- 6. Baron, derogatory term for wealthy industrialists
- 8. Rockefeller's company, the largest of the era
- 10. Consumption, ostentatious spending by the wealthy
- 11. Labor organizations that fought for workers' rights
- 12. Andrew, steel magnate and philanthropist
- 16. Gap between rich and poor that widened during the era