Today we watched presentations and took notes on them.
Group 1
Chapter 6
Industrial Revolution- 1750 to 1850. Changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology. It had a profound effect on the social, economic, and cultural conditions of the times.
Inventions
Steamboats shortened traveling over seas timing. Telegraph allowed messages to be sent in seconds. Electric Lighting replaced gas lighting. Cotton Gin had great effect on the production of clothing and other cotton materials. Railroads transported people and goods and shortened the timing.
Andrew Carnegie
Helped build the formidable American steel industry. One of the richest people at the turn of the century. This steel allowed people to make skyscrapers for the big cities. Family was an immigrant so he knew the immigrants weren't getting paid enough and encouraged better pay by doing that at his work.
John D. Rockefeller
Made a lot of money through oil and gas.
What was Social Darwinism and how did it apply to businesses?
It is a belief, popular in the late Victorian era in England, America, and elsewhere, which states that the strongest of fittest should survive and flourish in society. To survive, you have to be able to adapt and change.
Roosevelt
Was really trying to post up monopolies at this time and get rid of them.
1902 Beef Trust
In 1902 Roosevelt's administration brought suit against the giants of the railroad industry and the "Beef Trust."
Labor Units
Fought for better wages, reasonable hours, and safer working conditions.
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