Industrial Era Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• expansion: the process of increasing in size, scope, or number
• reform: careful changes made to improve policies, systems, or practices
• integration: act of combining separate elements into a unified whole
• disparity: a noticeable difference, often referring to imbalance/inequality
• urbanization: rural becomes urban, growth of cities
• migration: movement of people from one place to another
• development: process of growth, progress, or evolution
• transformation: significant change in form, structure or function
• innovation: introduction and application of new ideas, methods or devices
• bessemer process: method for mass producing steel
• labor union: organization formed by workers to bargain for better wages
• gilded age: period characterized by rapid industrial growth
• antitrust laws: legislation for preventing monopolies
• progressive era: period following the gilded age; widespread reforms
• robber barons: term for powerful industrialists who amassed great wealth
• agrarian: cultivated land or farming practices; society based on agriculture
• monopoly: one company or small group controls an entire industry
• homestead strike: labor conflict in 1892 between workers and carnegie steel
• regulation: establishment and enforcement of rules or laws designed to guide behavior