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Chapter 14 The Expansion of American Industry

Chapter 14 The Expansion of American Industry Development of the West Homestead Act (1862) Transcontinental RR * Chinese Labor Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) Telegraph (1844) Samuel Morse Telephone Alexander G. Bell * Thomas Edison Light Bulb, Motion Pics, Phonographs

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Chapter 14 The Expansion of American Industry

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  1. Chapter 14The Expansion of American Industry Development of the West Homestead Act (1862) Transcontinental RR * Chinese Labor Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) Telegraph (1844) Samuel Morse Telephone Alexander G. Bell * Thomas Edison Light Bulb, Motion Pics, Phonographs

  2. Impact of the Railroads Bessemer Process * Steel production • Big Business (Trusts) Robber Barons Andrew Carnegie (Steel) J.D. Rockefeller (Oil) *

  3. Social Darwinism Survival of the fittest • Monopoly Eliminate competition in the market • Sherman Anti-Trust Act Limits the power of Big Business Make monopolies illegal • Labor Unions Collective bargaining American Federation of Labor (AFL) Samuel Gompers Pullman Strike (1894) Example of industrial unrest

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