Definitions
When people stop work in order to get something, such as more money or better benefits?
strike
an underground railroad is called____
a subway
Treating people unjustly because of the color of their skin is called racial _______
discrimination
Type of Community that is outside the city, often fewer people but has more farms and land
Rural
Practical invention that helped people that worked in tall buildings
the elevator
to purify oil
refine
a group of houses built without space between them is called a _____
row house
The name given to a group of people who controlled the way a city ran was the ________
machine
most important steel manufacturer in the nation
Andrew Carnegie
to corrupt or make dirty
pollute
when oil is applied to machinery parts to help them move
lubricate
a set of rooms within a building that a person or family can rent to live in is called a ______
apartment
The most important industry after the Civil War was the ________ industry
railroad
Most important man in the oil business
John D. Rockefeller
What new stores were built that had several different sections with shopping, a restaurant, and sitting area?
Department Stores
what thin, light colored oil is used to light lamps and lubricate machines?
Kerosine
A resource that is used to make a product is called a ____ ________
raw material
The view that was build on Darwin's ideas of survival of the fittest is called _________
Social Darwinism
Housing where the poorest families live
Tenements
they learned how to be good businessmen
What oil drilled from the ground took the place of whale oil?
Petroleum
A group of workers that unite to go on strike is called_____
labor union
The three different areas where people lived were the ______, _________, and _________
City, Rural, and Suburbs
a book of questions and answers that teaches about God and the Bible
catechism
How did the civil war improve the way businesses worked? Give me three reasons
learned how to think big
better management of people
management of time - shorter hours
management of supples - easier to get and cheaper