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industrialism U.S.
Term | Definition |
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Henry Bassemer | Developed a process to make steel stronger |
Andrew Carnegie | Starts to make steel in Pittsburgh, PA. became one of the most 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 newspapers in the US by 1900 |
Madame C.J. Walker | First African American Women to become a millionare |
J.P. Morgan | Wealthiest and most powerful banker in the US 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 |