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settlement house
community center where people could learn new skills and get help such as food and medicine
strike
workers refusing to work until employer meet their demands
petroleum
oil
transcontinental railroad
a railroad that crossed the entire continent
skyscraper
very tall buildings
labor union
group of workers who join together to improve working conditions
entrepreneur
person who sets up and runs a business
free enterprise
an economic system in which people are free to start and run their own businesses with limited government control
tenements
poorly built apartment building
regulations
government controls that were to limit
collective bagaining
this allows workers and employers to discuss and agree on working conditions
advertisement
a public announcement that tells people about a product or opportunity
John Philip Sousa
immigrant who wrote "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
Mamie Tape
A Chinese girl whose fight to attend public school led to a separate school for Chinese childrenn in San Francisco
Theodore Judah
an engineer who believed in the idea of building the Transcontinental Railroad
The Big Four
Staford, Huntington, Hopkins and Crocker
John D Rockefeller
Built oil refineries and owned Standard Oil Company
John Roebling
Used steel cables and beams to build suspended bridges
Thomas Alva Edison
Invented the first practial light bulb
Jane Adams
Started Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago
Samuel Gompers
Labor leader who helped start the AFL (American Federation of Labor)
Granville T. Woods
Improvd an air brake system to stop trains more effectively
Alexander Gram Bell
Invented the telephone
Andrew Carnegie
Built steel mills and became very wealthy
William Jenney
Used steel frames to construct much taller buildings
Lewis Lattimer
Invented improved light bulb filament and an efficient way to produce it
Yee Fung Cheung
a skilled herbalist who cam from China to California where he opened an herb shop
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Anonymous
ID
188870
Card Set
Social Studies
Description
Flash Cards for immigrants
Updated
12/12/2012, 1:39:19 AM
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