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Industrialism in U.S
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Henry Bessemer | developed a process to make steel stronger and more affordable. |
| Andrew Carnegie | made steel in Pittsburgh, PA. He became one of the richest men in the world. |
| John D. Rockefeller | standard oil Co. controlled 90% of the oil industry - monopoly. One of the richest men in the world. |
| George Westinghouse | Westinghouse Electric Co. -1896. Developed AC ( Alternating Current) |
| William Randolph Hearst | newspaper, owned most of the newspapers in US by 1900- monopoly |
| Madame C.J. Walker | First African American woman to become a millionaire |
| J.P. Morgan | Wealthiest and most powerful banker in the 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 and the workers were trapped inside. 150 people died, mostly young women |
| 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 businesses to meet there demands. |
| Mary Harris Jones | helped lead the United Mine Workers in the Appalachian Mountains. She was known as " Mother Jones". |
| Labor Day | created by the labor unions to honer the workers in America |