Ch. 17

A company that has control of an entire industry and stops competition.

• Monopoly
• Monochrome
• Market

• Bank

Business owned by investors.

• Non-profit

• Government

• Corporation

• Privately owned

Building that is divided into very small apartments.

• Condominium
• Mansion
• Cottage
• Tenement

Unfair negative opinion about a group of people.

• Bias
• Prejudice
• Discrimination
• Acceptance

Center that provides help for immigrants or the poor.

• Settlement house

• Food bank

• Shelter

• Library

Groups of workers joined together to gain improved working conditions and

better wages.

• Worker alliances
• Employee coalitions
• Staff unions
• Labor unions

Refusal of workers to work until business owners met their demands.

• Strike
• Revolt
• Protest
• Boycott

War in which the United States defeated Spain in 1898 and

gained Spanish territory.

• Spanish-French War
• American-Philippine War
• Mexico-American War
• Spanish-American War

Group of American volunteer soldiers during the Spanish-American War

organized by Theodore Roosevelt.

• Smooth Riders
• Rough Riders
• Tough Riders
• Wild Riders

Nickname for African-American soldiers who fought in the wars in the

plains against Native Americans in the 1870s.

• Buffalo Soldiers
• Plains Protectors
• Bison Warriors
• Wild West Fighters