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Chap. 6 S.S. Vocap
pg.1 Vocab and pg. 4 inventor facts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Petroleum | Oily, flammable liquid-used to produce oil |
| Patent | a document giving the right to an inventor to make or sell their inventions |
| Business Cycle | A pattern of good or bad times |
| Bessemer Steel process | New steel making process, uses less coal |
| Thomas Edison | Found the most ways to use electricity |
| Alexander Graham Bell | Invents the telephone |
| Centennial Exhibition | A exhibition in Philadelphia to celebrate Americas 100th Birthday |
| Trust | Is a legal body created to hold stock in many companies, often in the same industry |
| Haymarket Affair | a union protest resulted in about 100 dead after an unknown person threw a bomb, and police open fired |
| Standard Time | divided the United States into 4 time zones |
| Monoply | A company that wipes out its competiters and controls an industry |
| Andrew Carnegie | led the steel industry |
| John D. Rockfeller | led the oil industry |
| Samuel Gompers | Helped founded The AFL |
| Robber Baron | |
| Knights of Labor | A loose federation of workers labored long hours under poor conditions with low wages |
| Philanthropist | A person who gives a large sum of money to charity |
| AFL (American Federation of Labor) | |
| Sweatshop | Place where workers labored long hours under poor conditions for low wages |
| Transcontinental Railroad | is one that spans the entire continent |
| Gilded Age | The late 1800's was a time of fabulous wealth |
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