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Industrialization

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Eli Whitney

Industrialization Chapter Test Review (Mr. Wilkin) Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England? England had natural resources (COAL, IRON) and it was where the stream engine was invented. England had a strong banking system with the wealth to invest A ready population Good trade connections around the world England rapidly developed a strong iron/ steel industry as well as a powerful cotton textile industry The Industrial Revolution spread to Europe and the USA Farms had changed due to the enclosure movement The old ?cottage industries? where folks worked part- time in their homes were replaced by factory work What technological advances produced the Industrial Revolution? James Watt- invented a better steam engine in 1765 James Hargreaves- invented the spinning Jenny

Chapter 17 - Brinkley 13th edition

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Terence V. Powderly
Trade union
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Homestead Strike
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Labor

ChApTEr SevEnTeEn Labor Unions Knights of Labor Union Founded by U. Steven Made popular by Terrence Powderly Principles: Women, blacks and unskilled workers were allowed to participate; ?all-encompassing? Associated with violent acts, Haymarket Square Bombing led to the demise of the party Haymarket bombing caused rise in nativist sentiments because of allegations against two immigrants having plotted the bombing ?Molly Maguires? Highly militant, secret organization Operated in coal mining districts of Pennsylvania Organized primarily among Irish laborers Operated within Ancient Order of Hibernians American Federation of Labor (AFL) Organized among white, skilled workers Founded by Samuel F. Gompers Goals/Principles Remove women from the work force

History from 1877-1900

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Andrew Carnegie

1877-1900 Highlights of Chapters 17, 18, & 19 Major themes: The expansion of industrial capitalism & labor in the Age of Enterprise the changing industrial city immigration, factories, & the political machine The Gilded Age Industrial Capitalism Triumphant: early factories produced consumer goods and then gradually, capital goods began to drive America?s industrial economy during this ?Age of Steel,? the Age of Invention, or the Machine Age steel making was revolutionized: the Bessemer process (Henry Bessemer)--the process of refining raw pig iron & making steel; Andrew Carnegie was the first American to fully exploit Bessemer?s invention by erecting a steel mill outside Pittsburgh, PA

euro 23

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Chapter 23 The Mass Society in an ?Age of Progress,? 1871-1894 The Growth of Industrial Prosperity New Products First major change in industrial development after 1870 was the substitution of steel for iron. Great Britain fell behind Germany in steel production Great Britain also fell behind in the new chemical industry. By 1910: power stations and plants districts tide to single power distribution systems commons source of power for homes, shops, industrial enterprises Thomas Edison: invention of lightbulb Joseph Swan: opened homes and cities to illumination by electric lights Alexander Graham Bell: 1876: invented telephone Guglielmo Marconi: 1901: sent first radio waves across the Atlantic 1897: invention of oil-fired engion 1902: used by Hamburg-Amerika Line ocean liners

business and labor vocabulary

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Business and Labor: The Gilded Age (1865-1900) & Progressivism and Populism (1900-1920) 168. Andrew Carnegie: achieved an abnormal rise in class system(steel industry), pioneered vertical integration (controlled Mesabie Range to ship ore to Pittsburgh), opposed monopolies, used?partnership of steel tycoons (Henry Clay Frick?as a manager/partner), Bessemer steel process 169. Standard Oil Trust: small oil companies sold stock and authority to Rockefeller?s Standard Oil Company (consolidation), cornered world petroleum market 170. John D. Rockefeller: Standard Oil Company, ruthless business tactics (survival of the fittest)

Chapter 21 outline out of many

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William Howard Taft
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One Big Union
William Howard Taft
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Chapter 21: Urban America and the Progressive Era (1900-1917) American Communities Lillian Wald was a girl with a good upbringing who moved to NY to become a nurse Wald and Mary Brewster worked as visiting nurses Professional care at home for 10 to 25 cents, info on health care, sanitation, and disease prevention 1895 ? philanthropist Jacob Smith donated house on Henry Street Settlement @ Lower East Side Henry Street Settlement became example for new kind of reform community based on college level women Unlike other moral reformers, they lived alongside the poor and worked from the inside Jane Addams, Lillian Wald, Florence Kelly Henry Street Settlement survived by donations from wealthy NYers
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