Industrialism in U.S Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Henry Bessemer | developed a process to make steel stronger |
Andrew Carnegie | Starts to make steel in Pittsburgh PA, became one of the richest men in the world |
John D. Rockefeller | Standard oil co. controlled 90% of the oil industry |
George Westinghouse | Westinghouse electric co. developed ac (alternating current) |
William Randolph Hearst | Developed newspaper business and owned most of the newspapers in the U.S. by 1900 |
Madame C.J. Walker | First African American woman to become a millionaire. |
J.P. Morgan | Wealthiest and most powerful banker in the U.S. |
Natural rescources | Made from nature like iron,coal,oil,timber,water |
Human rescoures | People who make goods and services |
Capital rescources | tools,machines,money that companies use |
Mary Harris Jones | helped lead mine workers also known as Mother Jones |
Labor Day | created by labor unions to honor workers |
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