| A | B |
| emigrate | to leave (EXIT) one's homeland to go to another country |
| immigrate | To come into (IN) a new country |
| rural | a term referring to the countryside |
| tenement | a large apartment building that is overcrowded and rundown |
| monopoly | complete control over an industry by a person or company |
| patent | a document that legally protects an inventor from his/her idea copied by another inventor |
| assembly line | system of production in which workers can mass produce products and they can be sold cheaper |
| subway | a train that runs on underground tracks |
| laissez faire | philosophy that government should leave businesses alone |
| refinery | a place where oil from the ground is cleaned |
| Knights of Labor & AFL | Labor unions which fought for the rights of factory workers |
| Specialization of labor | learning a specific task through repition |
| Andrew Carnegie | Known for dominating the steel industry |
| Henry Ford | Famous for the Model T |
| Thomas Edison | invented the lightbulb and over 1000 other inventions |
| Joseph Glidden | Invented barbed wire |
| John D. Rockefeller | Famous for dominating the oil industry |
| Stock | certificate showing ownership in a part of a company |