HIST 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Cyrus West Field, Samuel Gompers
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Urbanization population shift from rural to urban areas, more people in larger cities and towns. Thomas edison american inventor and businessman, developed phonograph, motion picture camera, long-lasting electric lightbulb. Applied mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention. Henry ford american industrialist, founder of ford motor company, helped create the assembly line technique of mass production. Created first affordable automobile meant for the middle-class, the model t automobile. John d. rockefeller vertical integration vs. horizontal integration. American federation of labor (afl) & samuel gompers. Industrial production in 1919. (see mindtap chapter introduction for a zoomable version) One of the many political cartoons circulating in the late 19th/early 20th century depicting industry leaders, often referred to as robber barons (negative connotation) or captains of industry (positive connotation). This one features cyrus field, jay gould, cornelius vanderbilt, and russell. Another political cartoon depicting the influence of trusts in the u. s. senate. A newspaper front page after the triangle shirtwaist fire.
