Chapter 4 notes Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Henry Bessemer | developed a process to make steel stronger and more affordable. |
Andrew Carnegie | Starts to make steel in Pittsburgh, PA. He became one of the richest men in the world. |
John D Rockefeller | His Oil company controlled 90% of the oil industry. He became 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 U.S by the 1900's |
Madame C.J Walker | First African American Women 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 Copany | A company in New York city where workers complained about the dangerous conditions. |
Lewis Hine | led the movement against child labor. |
Labor Union | organized groups working to gain improved working conditions. |
Samuel Gompers | Led Unions to join together and form the American Federation of Labor. |
strike | workers refuse to work and try to force businesses to meet their 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 honor the workers in America. |
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