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Industrialization and Urbanization

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Andrew Carnegie shifted from making iron to making __________.   Steel  
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Carnegie sold this iron bridge company and built a plant making steel near ______.   Pittsburgh  
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A man named______ created a furnace that could turn______pounds of iron into steel in a matter of minutes.   Henry Bessemer, 30,000  
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________became the biggest producer of steel and the richest man in America at that time.   Andrew Carnegie  
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The US became the largest producer of______.   Steel  
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In 1867, Rockefeller bought a _____ in Cleveland, OH.   refinery  
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Rockefeller cut the price of kerosene so low that he_____money.   lost  
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Rockefeller's _______ also lost money and were forced out of business.   competitors  
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Rebates   after a purchase, a payment is given back. Rockefeller made the railroad companies give him rebates on all oil shipped.  
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Trust   a business organization formed with the intent to control an industry.  
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Pooling   independent companies in the railroad industry deciding to share routes and practices.  
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By 1900 the US had one of the highest industrial accident rates. More than _____ were killed.   20,000  
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______ people were injured each year in US factories.   200,000  
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The was no______or benefits to cover workers.   insurance  
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Many women worked in the _____industry.   garment  
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The factories were so hot that they were called _________, and women received half the pay of men.   sweatshops  
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Coal-mining-mule driving   a boy drives a mule and cart out of the mine  
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breaker boy   separates coal fom the slate  
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