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Chapter 5

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Mechanization   Using machines to do work.  
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Manual Labor   Jobs done by hand (no machines).  
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Cyrus McCormick   A farmer and inventor from Walnut Grove,Virginia perfected mechanical reaper.  
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Aaron Montgomery   Established 1st mail order business.  
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Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck   Formed a mail order business that grew bigger than Montgomery Ward's.  
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Tenement   Building, especially in a poor section of a city divided into small apartments.  
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Tenant   Person who pays rent to use land or buildings that belong to someone else.  
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Urbanization   Movement of people from rural areas to cities.  
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Suspension Bridge   Bridge that hangs from steel cables.  
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Jane Addams   1860-1935 social worker and reformer who found Hull House in Chicago in 1889.  
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Settlement House   Center that provides help with immigrants and the poor.  
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Political machine   Organization of people that controls votes to gain political power.  
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William M. Tweed "Boss"   One of the leaders of the NY political group called Tammany Hall.He stole millions of dollars from city NY and went to prison.  
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