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Ch. 6 study guide
social studies
Term | Definition |
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petroleum | oily, flammable liquid used to make kerosene |
patent | document giving inventors the right to make and sell a product |
business cycle | a pattern of good and bad economic times |
trust | a legal body created to hold stock in many companies |
Bessemer steel process | technique that produced steel more cheaply |
Glided Age | time of tremendous wealth and poverty. Mark Twain and Charles Warner came up with this phrase. |
Centennial Exhibition | the celebration of America's 100th birthday |
Haymarket Affair | a conflict between police and union members in Chicago |
standard time | system that divided the country into 4 time zone |
monoploy | company that has sole control of an industry |
Thomas Edison | developed a practical light bulb |
Alexander G. Bell | developed the first telephone |
Andrew Carnegie | leader of the steel industry |
John D. Rockfeller | leader of the oil industry |
Samuel Gompers | U.S. labor leader |
robber baron | became wealthy through dishonest methods |
Knights of Labor | allowed women and African-Americans as members |
American Federation of Labor | used negotiation as a way to solve problems |
sweatshop | a small business where worked worked long hours for low pay in poor conditions |
transcontinental railroad | a railroad that crosses the entire continent |