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Industrialism in U.S
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Henry Bessemer | developed a process to make steel stronger and More affordable |
| Andrew Carnegie | Make steel in Pittsburgh, PA. Became one of the riches 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 | Newspaper. Owned most of the newspapers in US by 1900's |
| 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 | a fire broke out ans 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 business 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 in America |