Immigration and Urbanization Vocabulary

a period of gross materialism and blatant political corruption in the last decades of the nineteenth century

(a)  

the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants

(a)  

blended nationalities that create a single culture

(a)  

an oil tycoon who used horizontal integration to decrease costs and increase profits

(a)  

a person who invests money in a business venture to make a profit

(a)  

the inventor who wanted to develop affordable lighting for homes

(a)  

ten story or higher buildings with steel frames

(a)  

a person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices

(a)  

rapid growth of cities

(a)  

a landmark U.S. law that banned businesses from colluding or merging to form a monopoly

(a)