This document contains a list of 39 terms related to immigration and industrialization in the late 19th century United States. The student is asked to define each term in the context of the historical period. Some of the terms refer to important individuals like Andrew Carnegie, inventions like the airplane, and events like the transcontinental railroad. The overall purpose is for the student to learn and demonstrate understanding of key people, concepts, and events during the period of rapid industrialization and immigration in the late 1800s.

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UNIT 2 VOCAB
Immigration and Industrialization
Define the following terms (5 points each):
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1. free enterprise (p.310):
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2. laissez-faire:
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3. entrepreneur:
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4. nativism: :
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5. gross national product:
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6. monopoly:
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7. trust:
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8. corporation:
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9. Robber Barons (p.318):
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10. Credit Mobilier:
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11. Pacific Railway Act:
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12. Sherman Antitrust Act:
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13. Chinese Exclusion Act:
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14. Andrew Carnegie:
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15. Leland Stanford:
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16. Nelson Rockefeller:
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17. Cornelius Vanderbilt:
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18. The Wright Brothers:
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19. Alexander Graham Bell:
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20. Thomas Edison:
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21. transcontinental railroad:
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22. industrial union:
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23. trade union:
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24. strike:
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25. lockout:
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26. blacklist:
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27. urbanization:
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28. melting pot:
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29. American Federation of Labor (AFL):
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30. Knights of Labor:
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31. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire:
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32. Ellis Island:
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33. Angel Island:
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34. Great Migration:
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35. Great Railroad Strike of 1877:
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36. Haymarket Riot:
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37. Eugene V. Debs:
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38. Karl Marx:
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39. Samuel Gompers:
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