chapter 6-
The industrial revolution-
changed agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology.
-steamboat- changed the way people and goods traveled by water
-railroad- changed the way people and goods got across america
-telegraph- changed the way of communtication
-telephone- changed the way of communtication
-electric lighting- people didn't need to use fire anymore
-cotton gin- made it easier to make clothes and other materials
Impact railroads have on United States-
railroad was a major change to US and made it much quicker to travel and get goods places. Westward expansion
Andrew Carnegie-
captain of industry of 19th centur, helped build the formidable American steel industry
, he threw his support behind the homestead act of 1812. he was an immigrant. he was for the workers.
John D. Rockefeller-
16 he became a clerk in a commission house he made lots of money from gas and oil
What was social Darwinism and how did it apply to business-
strongest or fittest should survive and flourish in society while the weak and unfit should be allowed to die. If you don't change and your business crumbles that's because you're stuck in the past. if it succeeds then you're able to adapt.
Roosevelt-
he eliminated all his competition so he could become rich
1902 Beef Trust-
In 1902 Roosevelt's administration brought suit against the giants of the railroad
Labor units-
led efforts to stop child labor, health benefits, and to provide aid for workers who were injured or retired
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