thursday september 29

[5ashton :)]

Ch. 6.1:-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's?Oil and the production of steel.-What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect did they have on people's lives?Light bulb, plow, typewriter. They improved people's lives by making work easier.Ch. 6.3:-Tell me about Andrew Carnegie.born in dunfermline scottland, moved to the usa in 1846 when he was 12-Tell me about John D. Rockefeller.born on july 8th 1839, in richmond, NY, raised money growing up by raisng turkeys and doing household chores, by 16 he had his first real job as an assistant book keeper at a library-What was Social Darwinism and how did it apply to business?basically the process of natural selection applied to business, he used it to explain how human society was envolving-Explain how companies formed monopolies(vertical/horizontal integration, trusts).vertical: buying your own products to control transportation and raw materials, horizontal: combining with campanies making similar products, trusst: synonym for monopolies-How did the government try to regulate business?serman anti-trust act, the doctrine of laissez faire, thes was supported by many people including william g. sumner a professer at yale-What are labor unions and what is their purpose?a group of workers joining together for a certain cause, blacks whites men women and children were all involved, to get better working conditions was there goal, fewer hours and better pay-Were labor unions successful in achieving their goals? Explain/Give examples.labor unions did not succeed at first because no body took them seriouslyCh. 6.2:-What impact did railroads have on the US?the railroad impacted the us greatly, it was an easier way to the west brought avaliable land adventure and a new start and it helped develop the country we have today, the bad thing is death and died from working on the railroad-Why were many people upset with the railroads?most upset people about the railroad were the farmers, the farmers were upset because of the land grants,-What did the Grangers or government do to regulate the railroads?the grangers were a group of people usually poor people of farmers and they formed group that fought back against the rail roads, grangers laws were set up in response to the abuses by the railroadsCh. 7.2Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's?people going to the country to the city, farmers moved to the cities because they lost their jobsWhat problems did cities fact due to the rapid increase in population?housing- airshafts, garbage pickup and plumbingtransportation- street cars, electric subwayswater- filtration introduced in 1870 and chlorination in 1908What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities?