Chapter 4 Test Flashcards
A thin, light-colored oil used to light lamps and lubricate machines
kerosene
Oil drilled from the group that took the place of whale oil
petroleum
When people stop work in order to get something, such as more money or better benefits
strike
The process to purify oil
refine
The term used when oil is applied to machinery parts to help move them more easily
lubricate
A resource that is used to make a product
raw material
A house in a row of houses built without any space between them
row house
A group of workers that unite to go on strike
labor union
A set of rooms within a building that a person or family can rent to live in
apartment
An underground railroad
subway
Treating people unjustly because of the color of their skin
discrimination
The most important industry after the Civil War
railroad
The name given to a group of people who controlled the way a city ran was the _____________
machine
The view that was based on Darwin’s ideas of survival of the fittest
Darwinism
Type of community that is outside a city, often has fewer people, but has more farms and land, and is a characteristic of the countryside
rural
