Industrialization in America
Emily Paul
John D. Rockefeller
What: Rockefeller founded Standard Oil as an Ohio partnership with his brother William along with Henry Flagler, Jabez A. Bostwick, chemist SamuelAndrews, and a silent partner, Setphen V. Harkness.
When: In 1870, he co-founded Standard Oil Company and aggressively ran it until he officially retired in 1897.
Where: Ohio.
Why: Rockefeller adhered to total abstinence from alcohol and tobacco throughout his life.
Author: does not say.
Title of Article: John D. Rockefeller.
Title of website: en.wikipedia.org.
Date: does not say.
Web address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller.
Alexander Graham Bell
What: invented the Telephone.
When: 1876.
Where: Scotland.
Why: in retrospect, Bell considered his most famous invention an intrusion on his real work as a scientist and refused to have a telephone in his study.
Author: does not say.
Title of Article: Alexander Graham Bell.
Title of website: en.wikipedia.org.
Date: dose not say.
Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell.
Sweatshops
What: Sweatshops may have hazardous materials and situations. Employees may be subject to employer abuse without an easy way, if any, to protect.
When: Between 1850 and 1900.
Where: any where.
Why: Employees may be subject to employer abuse without an easy way, if any, to protect themselves.
Author: does not say.
Title of Article: Sweatshop.
Title of website: wikipedia.org.
Date: does not say.
Web address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweatshop.
Expansion
What: the South started early to build railways.
When: Panic of 1873.
Where: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Why: the heavily settled Midwestern Corn Belt.
Author: does not say.
Title of Article: History of rail transport in the United States.
Title of website: en.wikipedia.org.
Date: does not say.
Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_the_United_States.