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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, PA. Became one of the richest men in the world. |
| John D. Rockefeller | stand 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 news papers in the 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 woman |
| 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 businesses to meet their demands. |
| Mary Harris Jones | helped lead the united mine workers. known as Mother Jones |
| Labor day | created by the labor unions to honor the workers |