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Industrialism in U.S
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Henry Bessemer | Developed a process to make steel stronger. |
| Andrew Carnegie | 1870- starts to make steel in Pittsburgh P.A. He became one of the riches men in the world. |
| John D. Rockefeller | Standard oil Co. controlled 90% of the oil industry- monopoly. |
| George Westinghouse | Westinghouse Electric Co. - 1896. Developed AC. |
| William Randolph Hearst | Developed newspaper business. Owned most of the newspaper in the U.S. by 1900. |
| Madame C.J Walker | First African American women to become a millionaire. |
| J.P Morgan | Wealthiest and most powerful banker in the U.S. during the Industrial Age. |
| Natural Resources | From nature, not made by people. Ex.: iron, coal, oil, timber, and water. |
| Human Resources | People who work to produce goods and services. |
| Capital Resources | 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. 150 people died, mostly young women |
| Lewis Hine | led the movement against child labor |
| Labor Union | Organized groups working to gain improved working consitions |
| Samuel Gompers | Formed the American Federation of Labor (AFL) |
| Strike | Workers refuse to work to try to force businesses 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 |