Vocab
Person who created things to make life better
Inventor
People stop working until their demands are met
Strike
This natural resources provided power to factories that produced goods and to to ships and trains that carried them
Coal
Immigration Station in New York where many immigrants came through
Ellis Island
Factories where workers would work 80 hour weeks. Hot, crowded, and unhealthy
To make things better
Reform
People in this type of group share the same language, customs, and history
Ethnic group
Man known for the invention of the light bulb
Thomas Edison
What caused an outbreak of typhoid in Akron in 1911
Polluted water
Two aspects of factory work that made the work very difficult
Low pay and long hours
Crowded poorly kept apartment building
Tenement
Fuel that can be found underground that can be burned to make light and heat
Natural gas
Brothers from Dayton who invented the first engine powered plane.
Wright Brothers (Wilbur and Orville)
Who was the reform mayor of Toledo
Samuel Jones
Why workers were afraid to speak out against business owners
They were afraid of losing their jobs
Where crude oil is sent to be separated and made into different products
Refinery
Companies that have have many factories and do business throughout the United States
Big Business
City in Ohio where a rubber company was opened in 1871. Quickly became leading producer of automobile tires.
Akron, Ohio
How did many immigrant parents learn English
From their children
What did workers hope labor unions would allow for
Business owners to listen to their complaints
Oil that is still in the ground and has not been changed by people
Crude Oil
Offered education, hot meals, and other types of services
Settlement houses
This man invented the “mechanical money drawer” or cash register
John Patterson
Cleveland’s sewer lines dumped waste straight into this water source.
Cuyahoga River (cause widespread disease)
Two labor unions formed in Columbus, Ohio
American Federation of Labor (AFL) and United Mine Workers (UMW)