| A | B |
|---|
| Thomas Edison | The inventor of the light bulb |
| Centennial Exhibition | The telephone and other inventions impressed visitors here |
| Gilded Age | A name that symbolized wealth in the 1860's |
| American Federation of Labor (AFL) | National Organization of unions that was founded in 1886 |
| Pullman Strike | President sent out troops and jailed the union leader to end this |
| sweatshop | place where laborers worked long hours under poor conditions |
| patent | document protecting inventor's rights |
| generator | machine that produces electricity |
| business cycle | pattern of good times and bad times |
| Andrew Carnegie | leader of the steel industry |
| John Rockefeller | leader of the oil industry |
| monopoly | a company that controls an industry |
| Samuel Gompers | an organizer of the AFL |
| philanthropist | a person who contributes money to charity |
| Eugene V. Debs | a leader of the American Railway union |
