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Chapter 6 S.S vocab
pg.1- Intervention Facts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| petrolum | An oily, flammable liquid |
| patent | A government documents giving an inventor the exclusive right to make or sell his or her invention for an specific year |
| Business Cycle | the pattern of good times and bad times in the econmy |
| Bessemer steel process | A new way of making steel that was developed in 1850's and caused steel production to doar |
| generator | a machine that produces electric currents |
| Thomas Edison | Was the first person to invent light |
| Alexander Ghram Bell | Invented the first telephone |
| Standard Time | A system adopted 1918 that divided the United States into four time zones |
| monopoly | A company that eliminates its competitors and controls the an industry |
| Andrew Carnige | Dominated the steel industry |
| Jhon D. Rockefeller | Dominate the oil industry |
| Samuel Gompers | |
| Robber Baron | |
| Kinghts of Labor | An organization of workers from all different trades formed after the Civil War |
| Philanthropist | A person who gives large amounts of money to charities |
| AFL (American Federation of Labor) | A national organization of labor unions of labor founded in 18 |
| Bust | |
| Gilded Age | |
| Centennial Exhibition | |
| Heymarket Affair | |
| Standard Time | A system adopted 1918 that divided the United States into four time zones |
| monopoly | A company that eliminates its competitors and controls the an industry |
| Andrew Carnige | Dominated the steel industry |
| Jhon D. Rockefeller | Dominate the oil industry |
| Samuel Gompers | inventor of cigars |
| Robber Baron | was wealthy men in 19th century |
| Kinghts of Labor | An organization of workers from all different trades formed after the Civil War |
| Philanthropist | A person who gives large amounts of money to charities |
| AFL (American Federation of Labor) | A national organization of labor unions of labor founded in 1886 |
| Bust | When bad times where going on |
| Gilded Age | An era during the late 1800s of fabulous wealth |
| Centennial Exhibition | An exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876 that celebrated America's 100th birthday |
| Heymarket Affair | A union protest resulted in about 100 dead after unknown person threw a bomb, and police opened fire on the crowd |
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