Topic 9: Industry & Immigration
—Terms to Know and Use
Name: _______________________________
Directions: Below you will find terms regarding the study of the industry and immigration in U.S. history. A
definition and how the term is used in the text have been provided. You need to explain the term in your own
words in the appropriate box. Then provide an antonym OR synonym (circle S or A and write the word) in the
box. Finally, provide a graphic representation of the term. (The drawing must show some effort. A line or a
box will not qualify.)
Term
trust
(businessrelated)
assimilation
(assimilated)
urbanization
monopoly
Definition and Text Use
A group of separate companies
that are placed under the control
of a single managing board in
order to form a monopoly
Instead he found a way to get
around the law by forming a new
type of business organization
called a trust.
Absorbed into the main culture
of a society
In many cities, volunteer
institutions known as settlement
houses ran (Americanization)
assimilation programs, helping
newcomers learn English and
adopt American dress and diet.
Expansion of cities and/or an
increase in the number of people
living in them
In the late nineteenth century,
America experienced a period of
urbanization in which the number
of cities and people living in them
increased dramatically.
Exclusive control by one
company over an entire industry
Explanation
Antonym or Synonym
A OR
S
A OR
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A
OR
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A
OR
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A
OR
S
Some corporations used
horizontal integration to gain a
monopoly, or complete control of
a product or service.
tenement
Multistory buildings divided into
apartments to house as many
residents as possible
Most urban workers lived in
tenements: low-cost multifamily
housing designed to squeeze in
as many families as possible.
Graphic Representation
Definition and Text Use
robber barons
A person who has become
rich through ruthless and
dishonest business practices
(originally with reference to
prominent US businessmen in
the late 19th century).
Explanation
Antonym or Synonym
A
OR
S
A
OR
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A
OR
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People who held these views
began to refer to these
leaders as “robber barons.”
A refusal to work organized
strikes
(union related) by a body of employees as a
form of protest, typically in an
attempt to gain
improvements or benefits
from their employer.
A related tool to collective
bargaining was the strike, in
which workers refused to
work until certain demands
were met.
laissez faire
A theory advocating minimal
government interference in
the economy.
They believed that perhaps
the government’s laissez-faire
policies had been too hands
off and costly in terms of
hurting workers and
consumers.
nativism
Favoring native inhabitants as
opposed to immigrants
Newcomers often faced
nativism, which was a
tendency towards preferring
native-born, white Americans
over “new” immigrants.
company
towns
Communities in which
residents rely upon one
company for jobs, housing,
and buying goods
The housing in these
communities, known as
company towns, was owned
by the business and rented
out to employees.
Graphic Representation