Big Cities

Thin, light colored oil used to light lamps and lubricate machines.

• raw material
• petroleum
• kerosene 
• ketchup

Oil drilled from the ground took the place of whale oil.

• raw material
• petroleum
• kerosene 
• mustard

When people stop working in order to get something, such as more money or better benefits. 

• refine
• lubricate
• strike
• work

Term used when oil is applied to machinery to help it move.

• lubricate
• refine
• strike 
• none of the above 

Resource used to make a product is called:

• raw material 
• subway
• tenement 
• rural

A group of workers who unite and go on strike is called:

• apartment
• labor union
• row houses
• subway

Treating people unjustly for the color of their skin is called discrimination.

• true 
• false 

The most important industry after the civil war was the railroad. 

• true 
• false

Whale oil and petroleum are the same thing

• True 
• False 

The name given to a group of people who controlled the way a city ran was the "machine"

• True
• False