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Social studies

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Petroleum   oily,flammable liquid used in making kerosene,  
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patent   document giving inventors the right to make and sell a product  
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business cycle   a pattern of good and bad days  
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trust   a legal body to hold stock in many companies  
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Bessemer steel process   technique that produced steel more cheaply  
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gilded age   time of tremendous wealth  
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centennial exposition   the celebration of Americas 100th birthady  
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Haymarket affair   a conflict between police and union members in Chicago  
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standard time   system that divided the country into 4 different time zones  
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monopoly   a company that has stole control of the industry  
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Thomas Edison   he invented the practical light bulb  
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Alexander g. Bell   developed the first telaphone  
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Andrew Carnegie   leader of steel industry  
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John d. Rockfeller   leader of oil industry  
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Samuel Gompers   U.S. labor leader  
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robber baron   became wealthy through dishonest ways  
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knights of labor   allowed woman And African-Americans as members  
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philanthropist   a person who donates money to charity  
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AFL   used negotiated ways to solve problems  
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sweatshop   workers experience hard labor and little pay  
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transcontinental railroad   a railroad that crodses the entire continent  
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