Transcript Chapter 5

Chapter 5
Cram Jam Session
Sherry Woods,
Caywood Elementary School Lexington, TN
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Free Enterprise
 An
economic system in which
businesses have the freedom to offer
for sale many kinds of goods and
services.
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Capital Resources
 Money
needed to run a
business.
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Entrepreneur
 Person
who takes a chance by
opening up a business
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hub
 City
where many trains and
planes make stops on their way
to different destinations
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prejudice
 Feeling
some people have that
makes them dislike members of
a different race or culture
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invest
 To
buy stock in a company in
hopes of making a profit
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tenements
 Crowded
and poorly built
apartment house
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monopoly
 Nearly
complete control of an
industry
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Ellis Island
 Entry
place into the United
States for most immigrants
from Europe
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naturalization
 Steps
that immigrants take to
become United States citizens
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Angel Island
 Entry
place into the United
States for most immigrants
from Asia
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Jane Addams
 Founded
a settlement house
that helped people living in
Chicago
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Andrew Carnegie
 Made
the production of steel a
major industry in the United
States.
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John D. Rockefeller
 Formed
the Standard Oil
Company and gained almost
complete control of the oil
business.
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Samuel Gompers
 Organized
groups of skilled
workers into the American
Federation of Labor AFL
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Jacob Lawrence
 wrote
a book about African
Americans moving from
northern cities from the South.
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Jacob Riis
 Wrote
a book about poor living
conditions in New York City
tenements.
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William Jenney
 Built
the world’s first skyscraper,
in Chicago.
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Samuel F.B. Morse
 Invented
the telegraph, a way of
carrying messages along wires
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