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Industrialism in U.S
Term | Definition |
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Henry Bessemer | developed a process to make steel stronger |
Andrew Carnegie | 1870 - starts to make steel in Pittsburgh, PA. Became one of the 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 business. Owned most of the newspapers in U.S. by 1900. |
Madame C.J. Walker | First African American woman to become a millionaire. |
J.P. Morgan | Wealthiest and most powerful banker in U.S. during the Industrial Age. |
Natural Resources | from nature, not made by people. Ex: iron, coal, oil, timber, 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 conditions. |
Samuel Gompers | form the American Federation of labor (AFL) |
Strike | workers refuse to work to try to force business to meet their demands. |
Mary Harris Jones | helped lead the United Mine workers in the Appalachian Mountains. She was known as "Mother Jones" |
Labor Day | created by the labor unions to honor the workers in America. |