Vocabulary
When a single company or person owns or controls the entire industry
monopoly
Controlled the steel industry
Carnegie
A socialist, he ran for president six times (he lost each time)
Eugene Debs
This style of pizza, popularized in Chicago, is usually eaten with a fork and knife
deep-dish pizza
What does AFK mean in gaming
Away From Keyboard
A group of workers join together to have a voice in the workplace
union
Controlled the oil industry
Rockefeller
Mother Jones
The number of NBA Championships won by the Chicago Bulls, including 3 in a row
6
This app is known for short videos and dances
Tik Tok
Money that a business brings in from selling goods or services
revenue
When he was 10 years old, he was a cigar maker. He founded the AFL
Samuel Gompers
The National League baseball team from Chicago
Cubs
What game features characters like Jonesy and has a "Victory Royale"
Fortnite
Sometimes a company would call in these people to work in place of striking workers
strikebreakers
Invented the Model T automobile
Ford
A bomb was set off at this riot where several police and protesters were killed
The American League baseball team from Chicago
White Sox
11 is the name of a character in what Netflix show
Stranger Things
A cramped workplace where workers work long hours for low pay
sweatshops
Invented the lightbulb
Edison
This strike took place in a railroad car factory town and shut down mail service and train travel
Pullman Strike
Chicago's nickname (it's weather related)
The Windy City
suspicious/suspect