Social Studies

community center where people could learn new skills and get help such as food and medicine

workers refusing to work until employer meet their demands

oil

a railroad that crossed the entire continent

very tall buildings

group of workers who join together to improve working conditions

person who sets up and runs a business

an economic system in which people are free to start and run their own businesses with limited government control

poorly built apartment building

government controls that were to limit

this allows workers and employers to discuss and agree on working conditions

a public announcement that tells people about a product or opportunity

immigrant who wrote "The Stars and Stripes Forever"

A Chinese girl whose fight to attend public school led to a separate school for Chinese childrenn in San Francisco

an engineer who believed in the idea of building the Transcontinental Railroad

Staford, Huntington, Hopkins and Crocker

Built oil refineries and owned Standard Oil Company

Used steel cables and beams to build suspended bridges

Invented the first practial light bulb

Started Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago

Labor leader who helped start the AFL (American Federation of Labor)

Improvd an air brake system to stop trains more effectively

Invented the telephone

Built steel mills and became very wealthy

Used steel frames to construct much taller buildings

Invented improved light bulb filament and an efficient way to produce it

a skilled herbalist who cam from China to California where he opened an herb shop