Katherine Morcos

A comunity center where  people could learn new skills and get help such as food and medicine

workers refusing to work until employers meet their demands

a person who sets up and runs a business

oil

a railroad that crossed the entire contient

very tall buildings

a group of workers who join together to improvworking conditions

an economic system in wich people are free to start and run their own businesses with limited government control

poorly built apartment buildings

government controls that were placed to limit immigration

this allows workers and employers to discuss and agree on working conditions

public announcement that tells people about a product or opportunity

immigrant who wrote the stars and stripes forever

a Chinese girl whose fight to attend public school led to a separate school for Chinese children in San Francisco

an engineer who believed in the idea of building the Transcontinental Railroad

Stanford Huntington Hopkins and Croker

built oil refineries and owned standard oil copany

invented the first practical light bulb

started Hull House a Settlement house in Chicago

labor leader who helped start the AFL (american federtion of labor)

improved an air brake system to stop trains more effectively

invented the telephone

built steel mills and became very wealthy

invented improved light bulb filament and an efficient way to produce it

a skilled herbalist who came from China to California where he opened an herb shop

used steel frames to construct much taller buildings

used steel cables and beams to build suspended brdges