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Who was Carnegie?
He was a captain of the steel industry
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What is immigration?
When someone leaves their country and moves to another country to live
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What is a political machine?>
A corrupt, organized group that controlled the activities of a political party in a city
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Who was Vanderbilt?
He built railroads
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What is a labor union?
A group of workers who band together to fight for workers' rights
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Who was Boss Tweed?
The boss of the Tammany Hall political machine in NY
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Who was JP Morgan?
He was a captain of the banking industry
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What is Ellis Island?
The island in New York City, where immigrants came to be processed before entering the US
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What is segregation?
A situation where people of different races or nationalities live near each other, but don't have the same access to services, etc.
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Whos was Rockefeller?>
He was an oil tycoon
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What is Angel Island?
The island in California where immigrants came to be processed before entering the US
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What is urbanization?
This word means growth of cities
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What is a robber baron?
A person who gets rich off the backs of his low-paid workers
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What is a strike?
A drastic measure taken by a union of workers, where they won't work until their demands are met
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What is the Great Chicago Fire?
A fire that happened in Chicago in 1871, where 300 people died
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