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Industrialism
Idustrialism in the US
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Henry Bessemer | developed a process to make steel stronger and more affordable. |
| Andrew cranegie | made steel in Pittsburgh Became one of the richest men in the world |
| John D. Rockfeller | standard oil controlled 90% of the oil industry- monopoly |
| George Westinghouse | Westinghouse Electric Co. |
| William Randolph Hearst | Newspaper Owned most of the newspapers in US by 1990 |
| Madame C.J. Walker | First African American woman to become a millonaire |
| Natural resources | These are resources that are from nature no made by people Iron, Coal, Oil,Timber, Water |
| Human Resources | People who work to produce goods and sevices |
| Capital Resources | tool 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 Compony | fire broke out and workers were trapped inside. 150 workers died. |
| Lewis Hine | led the movement against child labor |
| labor union | organized group to gain improved working conditions |
| Samuel Gompers | American Federation of Labor (AFL) |
| strike | workers refuse to work or try to force businesses to meet their demands |
| Mary Harris Jones | helped lead the United States Mine workers Known as Mother Jones |
| Labor Day | Created by the labor unions to honor the workers in America |