The Industrial Age by Sheldon Bush

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The Industrial Age

Published on Nov 18, 2015

The Industrial Age

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

THE INDUSTRIAL AGE

1865-1914

I think the most important change in railroads is the standard gauge. I think this because it made it possible for all kinds of trains to ride on the same tracks.

I think the best invention of the Industrial Age was the telegraph because it was the first time anyone could communicate back.

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Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the steel industry. He was a leading industrialist in the late 1800. The steel industry was the most important change because it benefited trains and railroads.

Samuel Gompers (January 27, 1850 – December 13, 1924) was an English-born American cigar maker who became a Georgist labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and served as the organization's president from 1886 to 1894 and from 1895 until his death in 1924. He promoted harmony among the different craft unions that comprised the AFL, trying to minimize jurisdictional battles. He promoted "thorough" organization and collective bargaining to secure shorter hours and higher wages, the first essential steps, he believed, to emancipating labor. He also encouraged the AFL to take political action to "elect their friends" and "defeat their enemies".During World War I, Gompers and the AFL openly supported the war effort, attempting to avoid strikes and boost morale while raising wage rates and expanding membership.

Sheldon Bush