The Expansion of the American Industry

Test 09/27/24

Andrew Carnegie

Built a steel mill empire; Carnegie steel

Eugene Debs

led the Pullman strike and founded the American Railway Union

Henry Bessemer

Founded the Bessemer process which made steel production easier and less expensive.

Henry Frick

Was an industrialist who headed the Carnegie Steel Company and the United States Steel Corporation. He called in the pinkertons on striking laborers

Herbert Spencer

came up with Social Darwinism

Is factory work fun and safe?

NO

J.D. Rockafeller

Owned standard oil which was his monopoly

Labor union

An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members

Taylor's scientific management method

Study the most efficient way to do a task, determine the one best way to do the task, teach people the one best way to do their jobs.

What was the governments respond to strikes?

They send in armed forces to try to control them.

What were employer's response to labor unions and strikes?

They would send in the pinkertons and or replace them with scabs who had to sign yellow papers.

Who had the majority of the wealth?

a handful of industrialists; 9%

Yellow dog contract

Papers that new workers has to sign saying they won't try to repel or join labor unions.