does Steinbeck mean when he writes, “they had gone through pain and come out on the other side"? THE PEARL CHAPTER QUESTIONS no links please!

Match the vocabulary words to their definitions. 1. amendment to officially endorse or approve something, usually a document 2. carpetbagger a southern white who joined the republican party during reconstruction 3. monopolize a change in a legal document, such as the constitution 4. nativism a system of commerce in which several companies work together to control prices and limit competition 5. ratify favoritism toward the native-born citizens of a country 6. scalawag northerner who moved to the south during reconstruction 7. trust to control all of a product or another person's time