| A | B |
|---|
| Urbanization | an increase in the number of Americans living in cities. |
| Immigration | the flow of individuals from other nations into America. |
| pluralism | having many different but separate cultures. |
| assimilation | to bring all types of people into the same culture. |
| skyscraper | a tall building with a strong steel skeleton. |
| ghetto | a section of a city with a population from one ethnic group. |
| tenement | a building with many poor families. |
| slum | the section of a city where the poorer families live. |
| synagogue | the place where people who are Jewish gather. |
| anti-semitism | when someone is discriminated against because they are Jewish. |
| monopoly | one company controlls any market |
| ethnic group | a group of people with a common culture. |
| nativism | the belief that immigrants should not come to America. |
| racism | discrimination against someone because of their race. |
| assembly line | when each person puts a part on a product. |
| mass production | the use of machinery to increase the amount of goods manufactured. |
| interchangible parts | the use of standard parts. |
| corporation | businesses funded by the sale of stock. |
| patent | legal protection for an invention. |
| trolly | a car that travels through the city on rails. |
