click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Industrialism in U.S
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Henry Bessemer | 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.One of the richest men in the world. |
| George Westinghouse | Westinghouse Electric Co. |
| 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 U.S. during the Idustrial 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 | 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 | form the American Federation of Labor (AFL) |
| strike | workers refuse to work to try to force businesses to meet their demands. |
| Mary Harris Jones | helped lead the United Mine Worker in the she was known as Mother Jones. |
| Labor Day | created by the labor unions to honor the workers in America. |