All terms in this list:
Industrialization: When workers and immigrants from other countries moved into urban areas (cities) and began to work in the factories. This began in the U.S in the 1870's.
rural: farm area
urban: city area
suburban: area on the outskirts of the cities
tenement houses: Crowded apartment buildings where many people lived during the industrial revolution
entrepreneur: someone who owns their own business
corporation: new businesses needed money, a corporation was one way to get money,the corporation sell shares of their company called stocks and if they do well the share owners make profit
laissez faire: the government allows business owner to do as they choose
Jp Morgan: bought carnegie steel from Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie: owner of carnegie steel
John Rockefeller: Owner of Standard oil Company
Transcontinental Railroad: A railroad that crossed all the way across the U.S
labor union: a group of workers who bargain for better wages and working conditions
strike: a work stoppage
strikebreakers: people hired to take place of the workers on strike
The Knights of labor: Began in 1896 by Uriah Stephans
The american federation of labor: started in 1886 by Samuel Gompers
Samuel Gompers: an american labor union leader
the haymarket square bombing: Chicago, 80,000 people went on strike, Fights broke out, police were called, police killed some people, a person through a bomb and killed more people
The Great Migration: When many african americans began to move into the cities in the north for jobs and avoid the racism that was given to them in the south
Harlem Renaissance: in Harlem many African americans became very talented writers poets musicians, entertainers and scholars
Henry Ford: invented model t and assembly line
Jim Crow laws: laws set after the cold war to segregate whites and blacks mostly in the south,
plessy v. ferguson: separated but equal was constitutional
union: the state of being united or joined together
Banking Mogul: an important and powerful person in banking
steel monopoly: not having any competition in steel
Pittsburgh: got its nickname from andrew carnegie its called the steel state
Monopolies in oil refinerys: when there's no more competition in the oil refinery business
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