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Industrial Revolution Test-Grade 7

Industrial Revolution
Mr. Finkelstein

AB
emigrateto leave (EXIT) one's homeland to go to another country
immigrateTo come into (IN) a new country
rurala term referring to the countryside
tenementa large apartment building that is overcrowded and rundown
monopolycomplete control over an industry by a person or company
patenta document that legally protects an inventor from his/her idea copied by another inventor
assembly linesystem of production in which workers can mass produce products and they can be sold cheaper
subwaya train that runs on underground tracks
laissez fairephilosophy that government should leave businesses alone
refinerya place where oil from the ground is cleaned
Knights of Labor & AFLLabor unions which fought for the rights of factory workers
Specialization of laborlearning a specific task through repition
Andrew CarnegieKnown for dominating the steel industry
Henry FordFamous for the Model T
Thomas Edisoninvented the lightbulb and over 1000 other inventions
Joseph GliddenInvented barbed wire
John D. RockefellerFamous for dominating the oil industry
Stockcertificate showing ownership in a part of a company


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