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Industralism in U.S
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Henry Bessemer | developed a process to make steel stronger |
| Andrew Carnegie | starts to make steel in Pittsburgh, PA. Became one of the riches men in the world. |
| John D. Rockefeller | Standard oil Co, controlled 90% of the oiol industry- monopoly. |
| George Westinghouse | Westinghouse Electric Co, Developed AC. |
| William Randolph Hearst | Developed newspaper business, Owned most of the newspapers in US 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 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. |
| 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, She is known as " Mother Jones." |
| Labor Day | created by the labor unions to honor the workers in America. |