Farm to Factory Vocabulary Part 1

Children who sold newspapers on street corners to earn a living

• newsies

• pulitzers

• hearsts

movement that sought to fix what was wrong with American society, including corruption & workplace abuses

• anti-trust

• socialite

• progressive

workplace with unsafe conditions, low pay, & long hours

• sweatshop

• retail

• cottage industry

Economic period when prices dropped, investments failed, and people were out of work

• compression

• depression

• downgrade

person who smuggled illegal liquor into nightclubs and taverns

• black sheep

• moonshiner

• bootlegger

A monopoly is a business controlled by

• 2 or more companies

• just one owner or group

• many corporations

a place that sold illegal alcohol during Prohibition

• speakeasy

• gin mill

• roadhouse

Organization of workers who band together to improve working conditions, get higher wages, and shorter hours

• Guild

• Craft Group

• Labor Union

Mechanization is the use of

• automation

• machines to replace human/animal labor

• robotics