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Industrialism in U.S
Term | Definition |
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Henry Bessemer | Developed a process to make steel stronger and more affordable. |
Andrew Carnegie | To make steel in Pittsburgh , Pa. Became one of the riches men in the world. |
John D. Rockefeller | His 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 |
William Randolph Hearst | Owned most of the newspapers in US by 1900- monopoly |
Madame C.J. Walker | First African American Women to became a millionaire. |
J.P. Morgan | Wealthiest and most powerful banker in US during the Industrial Age. |
Natural Resources | From nature, not made by people Ex: iron,coal,oil,timer, and water. |
Human Resources | People who work to produce goods and services. |
Capital Resources | Tools, machine,(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 | Fire broke out and 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 | American federation of Labor (AFL) |
Strike | workers refuse to work to try to force businesses to meet their demands |
Marry Harris Jones | She was know as Mother Jones |
Labor Day | created by the labor unions to honor the workers in American. |