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industrialism in U.S

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Henry Bessemer developed a way to process to make steel stronger
Andrew Carnegie starts to make steel in Pittsburgh, PA. Became one richest men in the world
John D. Rockefeller Standard oil Co. controlled 90% of the oil industry - monopoly.
George Westinghouse Westinghouse Electric Co. Developed AC
William Randolph Hearst Developed newspaper buisness. Owned most of the newspapers in US by 1900 - monopoly
Madame C.J. Walker First African American woman to become a millionare.
J.P. Morgan Welthiest and most powerful banker in the U.S. during the Industrial Age
Human Resources People who work to produce goods and services
Capital Recources Tools, machines, (money) that companies use to produce goods and services
Monopoly when one company has control of an industry
Sweatshop hot cramped workshops
Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire broke out and the workers were trapped inside
Lewis Hine led the movement against child labor
labor union organized groups working to gain improved working conditions
Samuel Gompers form the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
strike workers refuse to work to try to force busnesses to meet their demands
Mary Harris Jones helped lead the United Mine Workers. She was known as Mother Jones
Labor Day created by the labor unions to honor the workers in America.
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