Relier Pairs USHL U5 Industrial RevolutionsVersion en ligne Read the cards and click on the right picture. par Andreina Farias Monasterios 1 2 3 4 Child Labor 5 6 7 The Robber Barons 8 9 The Populist Party 10 11 12 13 Progressivism Social movement that pushed for greater democratization of government and the expansion of voting rights in order to reduce the power of political machines. 26th U.S. President who launched a “Square Deal” platform to control corporations, conserve natural resources and protect consumers. Scottish-American industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry before selling his company to J.P. Morgan. The Wizard of Menlo Park. Inventor of the cotton gin that revolutionized the nation’s cotton industry and strengthened slavery over the cotton-producing South. One of the country’s largest steamship operators who then built another empire in the railroad industry. One of the most powerful bankers of his era, he financed railroads and helped organize U.S. Steel, General Electric and other major corporations. The Father of the American Industrial Revolution. Founder of a motor company, he introduced revolutionary new mass-production methods, including the world’s first moving assembly line for cars. Children could be paid less, were less likely to organize into unions and could complete woikng tasks that were challenging for adults. This party advocated for government ownership of railroad and telephone companies, a graduated income tax, shorter workdays and the direct election of senators. Enterpreneurs who amassed huge fortunes while society was tarnished by poverty and corruption, causing this period to be called the Gilded Age. Born into modest circumstances, he founded the Standard Oil Company, which controlled some 90% of U.S. refineries and pipelines by the early 1880s.
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