| A | B |
|---|
| Andrew Carnegie | Captain of the steel industry |
| Henry Ford | Captain of the auto industry |
| John D. Rockefeller | Captain of the oil industry |
| Entrepreneur | A person who sets up and runs a business |
| Petroleum | Oil |
| Tenement | A poorly built apartment building |
| Advertisement | Announcement that tells about a product |
| Rural | Country |
| Urban | City |
| Reasons industry grew in 1800s | Increased labor, inventions, finance $$$$ |
| Reasons people immigrated | Religious freedom, Adventure, Freedom from oppressive govt, jobs, education |
| Ellis Island | Check in station for immigrants |
| Ghettos | extremely poor neighborhoods |
| Settlement Houses | community centers which helped the poor |
| Hull House | Famous settlement house in Chicago |
| Jane Addams | Founded Hull House |
| Progressive Era | A time when people worked to make life better |
| Progressive Era time period | 1880s - 1920 |
| Problems in factories | Safety, low wages, child labor, long work hours |
| Unions | Groups organized to fight for better working conditions |
| Homestead Strike | Famous strike by steel workers in 1892 |
| American Federation of Labor (AFL) | largest workers' union in early 1900s |
| Progressive Problems | Working conditions, political machines, Suffrage, Temperance, Race Relations |
| Booker T. Washington | Said African Americans could achieve equality through vocational education |
| W.E.B. Dubois | Said African Americans should fight for equal rights |
| Pittsburgh | City associated with the steel industry |
| Chicago | City associated with the meat-packing industry |
| Detriot | City associated with the automobile industry |
| New England | Area associated with the textile industry |
| Alexander Graham Bell | Invented the telephone |
| Thomas Edison | Invented the lightbulb |
