| A | B |
|---|
| industrial revolution | the era in which a change took place from household industries to factory production using powered machinery |
| mehcanization | the replacement of people or animals by machines |
| specialized industries | industries that deal with specific products such as meat packing or steel |
| union | a group of workers joined together to protect and promote their interests |
| urbanization | having to do with cities or towns |
| agriculture | having to do with farms |
| national markets | the railroad increased the area where vendors could sell their goods |
| Captains of Industry | business leaders in the industrial field |
| raw materials | materials that can be converted by manufacture, processing, or combination into new and useful products |
| consumer good | goods that directly satisfy human wants |
| Pittsburgh | City known for steel industry |
| Chicago | City known for meat packing industry |
| Detroit | City known for automobile industry |
| americanization | trying to making immigrants or Native Americans adopt American customs and forget their own traditions |
| assimilation | to blend into American culture |
| reservations | lands set aside for Native Americans to live |
| Edison | invented the light bulb and mechanical uses for electricty |
| Bell | The man who invented the telephone |
| Washington | believed blacks could gain civil rights through vocational education |
| DuBois | believed blacks should get full political and social rights; the right to vote |
| tenement | poor, overcrowded apartment buildings where immigrants lived |
| ghetto | poor immigrant, usually Jewish, communities in cities |
| New England | This area was known for the textile industry |
| mechanization | replacing labor (workers) with machines |
| Ford | invented the assembly line; mass produced automobile |
| assembly line | efficient way to mass produce automobiles |
| wheatfarming | special crop only raised in the Great Plains (Midwest) |
