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Industrialism in U.S
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Henry Bessner | developed a process to make steel stronger |
| Andrew Carnegie | 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. - 1896. Developed AC ( alternating current) |
| William Randolph Hearst | developed newspaper business. Owned most of the newspapers by 1900- monopoly |
| 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, water, timber, and oil |
| 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 entire industry |
| Sweatshop | hot, cramped workshop |
| 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 refused to work to try and force business to meet their demands |
| Mary Harris Jones | helped lead United Mine Workers she was known as Mother Jones |
| Labor Day | honor workers in America first held in September 1882 |