Across
- 5. Migration The movement of millions of African Americans from the South to cities in the North, Midwest, and West, especially during the early 1900s.
- 6. Union An organized group of workers who join together to demand better pay, safer working conditions, and better treatment.
- 7. Areas of land set aside by the U.S. government for Native American tribes, often after they were forced off their original lands.
- 11. A process or program designed to help immigrants assimilate into United States society by learning the English language and adopting American cultural customs
- 12. A cramped, poorly maintained, and often unsafe apartment building located in a crowded city neighborhood where many low-income immigrant families lived
Down
- 1. An area in the countryside with fewer people and more farms or open land.
- 2. The growth of factories, machines, and mass production that changed how people worked and lived.
- 3. An area with a large population, usually a city or town with many buildings, businesses, and jobs.
- 4. A piece of public land in the western United States granted to individuals by the government on the condition that they live on it and farm it for a set period
- 8. The belief or policy of favoring native-born citizens over newly arrived immigrants
- 9. Age A period in the late 1800s when the U.S. became wealthier and more industrial but also faced problems like poverty, corruption, and inequality; Mark Twain called it the “Gilded Age” because the country appeared successful on the outside while hiding problems underneath.
- 10. Crow Laws Discriminatory state and local laws passed in the American South that enforced racial segregation and stripped Black citizens of their basic civil rights