Vocabulary
regulate
to control with laws
A person who risks money to start a new business.
entrepreneur
Building used to grind wheat into flour.
flour mill
Two reasons immigrants came to America.
gain religious freedom, to find jobs
The ability to read and write.
literacy
Increased the productivity of farmers.
James Oliver's plow
Used to power trains.
coal
migrate
To move from place to place.
relating to a city
urban
Train companies charged more for their services, many farmers went into debt
Improved Indiana's literacy.
public education
Three new jobs created in Indiana's growing cities.
productivity
the amount of work done in a set amount of time
This natural resource attracted new businesses near Muncie, IN.
natural gas
Due to farmer's increased productivity, the number of products increased. This caused the prices to go ___.
down
Immigrants played an important role in Indiana's economy by taking these jobs...
steel mills, coal mines
strike
a protest by workers who stop to gain demands
Many factories were build in the Calumet region of Indiana for two reasons.
An organization of workers.
labor union
In the 1870s immigrants came from these 4 countries, changing Indiana's population.
Italy, Russia, Greece, Poland