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Industrialism In U.S
Question | Answer |
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Henry Bessemer | developed a process to male 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 |
George Westinghouse | Westinghouse Electric Co. Developed AC (Alternating Current) |
William Randolph Hearst | Developed newspaper business. Owned most of 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 the industrial age. |
Sweatshop | hot, cramped workshots |
triangle shirtwaist company | fire broke out and workers were trapped inside. 150 people died |
Lewis Hine | led movement against child labor |
labor union | organized groups working to gain improved working conditions |
Samuel Gompers | from the American Federation of labor (AFL) |
Strike | workers refuse to work to try to force businesses to meet their demands |
Marry Harris Jones | helped lead the United Mine workers, Known as "Mother Jones" |
Labor Day | Created by labor unions to honor the workers in America |