The Gilded Age

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  1. 4. a group of people who exposed corruption among politicians and the elites
  2. 5. The population of New York City and Brooklyn (which were consolidated in 1898) together grew from 1,200,000 in 1850 to over 3,000,000 in 1900.
  3. 7. referred to a period that was golden/sparkling on the surface but was corrupted underneath
  4. 8. a reporter and photographer prompted New York politicians to pass legislation to improve tenement conditions
  5. 9. coined the term of "The Gilded Age"
  6. 10. a McClure Magazine journalist,exposed how city officials deceitfully made deals with crooked businessmen to maintain power
Down
  1. 1. successful industrialists who's business practices were often considered ruthless or unethical
  2. 2. regulations that encourage competition by limiting the market power of any particular firm
  3. 3. ethnic enclaves that was made in crowded metropolitan areas
  4. 6. she led to the breakup of Rockefeller’s monopoly, the Standard Oil Company