| A | B |
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| Monopoli | A company that controls an entire industry. |
| Corporation | A large business that is owned by shareholders. |
| Rough Riders | A group of soldiers organized by Theodore Roosevelt to fight the Spanish in Cuba. |
| Sweatshop | A small factory often with unhealthy working conditions. |
| Labor Union | An organization formed by workers to strive for better wages and working conditions. |
| Strike | A period when all the workers in a business refuse to work until the owners meet their demands. |
| Slum | A poor, crowded section of a city with rundown and unsafe housing. |
| Tenement | A building carved up into a small apartments. |
| Great Chicago Fire | A fire in 1871 that killed hundreds of people, left thousands homeless, and destroyed a third of Chicago. |
| Settlement House | A community center that provides child care, education,and other services to the poor. |
| Spanish American War | A war fought in 1898 between the United States and Spain. |
| Reform | Changes designed to make something better. |
| Assembly Line | A way to manufacture a product quickly and cheaply by moving partially built products |
| Buffalo Soldiers | African American cavalries. |
| National Park | An area set aside for its natural beauty, where no one is allowed to live. |
