Chapter 12 Vocabulary

Large and powerful groups of companies.

• trust

• monopolies
• syndicates
• cartels

A refusal to work until a group's demands are met.

• strike
• boycott
• demonstration
• protest

A worker who replaces striking workers.

• union buster
• strikebreaker
• scab
• replacement worker

An agreement not to buy goods from a company.

• support
• refrain
• boycott
• protest

People trying to find solutions to problems during the late 1800s.

• Progressive

• revolutions

• research

• advancements

A writer who uncovered "muck," or shameful conditions in American business and society.

• muckraker
• whistleblower
• investigator
• journalist

To preserve something.

• Destroy

• ignore

• conservation

• disregard

Basic legal freedoms and protections, such as the right to a fair trial.

• civil rights

• liberties

• privileges

• human rights

The movement of African Americans from farming areas in the

South to big cities in the North.

• Urbanization
• Northern Expansion
• Great Migration
• Southern Exodus

A call for people to reduce or stop drinking alcohol.

• appreciation

• encouragement

• celebration

• temperance