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Chapter 6 Vocabulary
Social Studies
Term | Definition |
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Haymarket Affair | union leaders and police clash, several killed |
Standard Time | the time established by law or by general usage over a region or country |
Monopoly | a company controlled by one person or company |
Andrew Carnegie | Dominated the steel industry |
John D. Rockefeller | Dominated the oil industry |
Samuel Gompers | An organizer of the AFL |
Robber Barons | A wealthy industrialist who became wealthy through unethical methods |
Knights Of Labor | a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor. |
Philanthropist | A Person which distributes or is supported by charitable contributions |
AFL ( American Federation of Labor) | The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was a national federation of labor unions in the United States. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in May 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association. |
Sweatshop | A place where workers labor for long hours under poor conditions for low pay |
Transcontinental Railroad |