group 1: chapter 6
industrial revolution- period from 1750 to 1850 where changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the social, economic, and cultural conditions of the times.
inventions during the industrial revolution- steamboats, changed the way goods and people traveled across water. railroads, changed the way goods and people traveled. telegraph, messages could travel over telegraph lines and be received in seconds. telephone, changed the daily lives of people in America and improved the communication. electric lighting, made it so homes and businesses could be lit. cotton gin, made it so that we could have a faster process to make clothing or anything made by cotton.
impact railroads have on united states- railroad was a major change to us allowed for a lot of expansion, allowed people and goods to get places a lot faster from one place to the next.
Andrew Carnegie- mass produced steel in Pittsburgh. was one of the riches people at the turn of the 20th century. really pro for the workers and paid them fairly well because he had been in their place at one time; he was an immigrant. he thought they should unionize. he was different from other business owners.
John D Rockefeller- lots of money through the oil. very wealthy.
what was social Darwinism- if you don't change or adapt to the future you will fail and crumble as a business you need to be able to adapt and not always be set in your ways. (survival of the fittest)
Roosevelt- he was really trying to bust up a lot of different monopoly. was trying to go after Rockefeller and get rid of him and his business.
1902 beef trust- in 1902 Roosevelts administration brought suit against the giants of the railroad industry and the "beef trust."
labor units- for those in the industrial sector, organized labor unions fought for better wages, reasonable hours and safer working conditions.
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