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Industrialism In US
Term | Definition |
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Henry Bessemer | developed a process to make steel stronger and more affordable |
Andrew Carnegie | make steel in Pittsburgh, PA |
John D. Rockefeller | Standered oil Co controlled by 90% of the oil industry - monopily |
George Westinghouse | Westinghouse Electric Co. - 1896 developed AC |
William Randolph Hearst | newspaper owned most of the newspapers in US by 1900- monoply |
Madame C.J Walker | First African American to become a millionaire |
J.P Morgan | Wealthiest most powerful banker in US during the industrial age |
Natural resources | from nature not made by people |
Human resources | people who work to produce goods and services |
Capital resources | tools machines money that companies use to produce goods and services |
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 |