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Urbanization/Social
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Manual Labor | jobs done by hand, without the help of a machine |
| mechanization | using machines to make work easier and faster |
| threshing machine | machine that separated the wheat grain from the plant stock |
| reaper | machine that cuts grain. One reaper could cut as much wheat as 16 men with hand held blades |
| Cyrus McCormick | a farmer and inventor who perfected the mechanical reaper |
| Aaron Montgomery Ward | started the first mail-order business in 1872 in Chicago using a catalogue |
| Richard Sears and Alvah C. Roebuck | formed a mail order company that was larger than Montgomery Ward. Even sold houses! |
| urbanization | movement of people from rural (farming) ares to city |
| tenements | buildings that are divided into small apartments |
| settlement house | center that provides help for those with little money |
| Hull House | a settlement house started by Jane Aadams in Chicago in 1889. Immigrints |