Edwin drake used a steam engine to drill for oil 1859
Bessemer steel process removing carbon from iron produces steel
less rust lighter more flexible
process involved injecting air into iron
eventually replaced by open hearth process
biggest use was railroads
used for barbed wire
also allowed for innovation construction
Thomas Edison the lightbulb
typewriter 1867 Christopher Sholes
Telephone in 1876 Alexander Bell
women helped worked
helped lower work hours
Railroads early 1800s start of civil war they expanded
1890 they expanded
accidents and diseases killed thoushands of men every year 2000 men died and 20,000 got injured in 1888
Central Pacific railroad
hard for workers different time zones
C.F. Dowd earth had 24 different time zones US had 4.
Farmers were mad kept lot of farmers in debt
charged high prices
Andrew Carnegie improve his company
buy out his suppliers
wanted to control raw materials transportaion
grew up being broke
steel business
sold his business
he was making dough
gave away over half his money
John Rockefeller was a company owner
paid workers crap
lowered oil prices
ran other companies out
you bet
Josh Cheek dominated
Alec Plagman
labor union
they had strikes sometimes refused to work
Ch. 7.1:
Why did immigrants come to the US? -to escape religous hostility find work recruit japanese workers flee political turmoil
Where did immigrants come from?- china japan west indies mexico germany great britian france
What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here? getting jobs couldnt find places to live daily life language culture
Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions?
Ch. 7.2
Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's?
What problems did cities fact due to the rapid increase in population?
What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities?
Ch. 7.3
What was the political machine and what did they do for a city?
Tell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring.
What caused all this corruption in government?
What laws came about to reform government?
Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland and William Mckinley were all presidents during the late 1800's. Were they a reform president or a status quo president?
Comments
I see you got the key questions down finally. Good because your notes at the top were not organized well.