HIST 2112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: John Wesley Powell, Second Industrial Revolution, Dakota Territory
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Steel hubs-pittsburgh chicago, new york(poster child for industrialization) Books that impacted legislature- u(cid:374)(cid:272)le to(cid:373)"s (cid:272)a(cid:271)i(cid:374), the ju(cid:374)gle. Railroad made the second industrial revolution possible. Important because of how it affected the national and global market: railroad times for delivering goods caused the different time zones, so important that the entire economy suffered when railroad suffered. J. p. morgan: created company called u. s. steel that gobbled up 8 large steel companies. Standard oil and international harvester(manufactures agricultural machinery) No basic union rights (long days, no medical benefits, unsafe conditions. 1890 richest 1% americans had same total income as bottom half of pop. Jacob riis photographed the people of new york (child labor, overcrowding tenants, hunger, Trusts- legal devices whereby a single director managed the affairs of several rival companies. Mi(cid:374)e(cid:396)"s f(cid:396)eedo(cid:373: elaborate work rulers that left skilled underground workers free of managerial supervision. Many whites were afraid of granting the western states statehood until a considerable number of whites inhabited it 4.
