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S.S. Vocab works
Term | Definition |
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Petroleum | Oily, flammable liquid used in making kerosene. |
Patent | Document giving inventors the right to make and sell a product. |
Business Cycle | A pattern of good and bad economic. |
Trust | A legal body created to hold stock in many companies. |
Bessemer Steel Process | Technique that produced steel more cheaply. |
Gilded Age | Time of tremendous wealth and poverty. Mark Twain and Charles Warner came up with this phrase. |
Centennial Exposition | The celebration of american's 100th Birthday. |
Hay market Affair | A conflict between police and union members in Chicago. |
Standard Time | System that divided the country into 4 time zones. |
Monoply | Company that has sole control of an industry. |
Thomas Edison | Developed the practical light bulb. |
Alexander G. Bell | Developed the first telephone. |
Andrew Carnegie | leader of the steel industry |
John D. Rockefeller | 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. |
Philanthropist | Gives away large sums of money to charities. |
American Federation Of Labor | Used negotiation as a way to solve problems. |
SweatShop | A small business where workers worked long hours for low pay in poor conditions. |
Transcontinental Railroad | A railroad that crosses the entire continent. |