Steel+Industry

Steel Industry 2

Pittsburgh Becomes the Steel City 1.Began in 1865 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2.Most people wore manufactured clothes and industrial progress resulted in 5,000,000 horsepower generated from inanimate sources. 3.Andrew Carnegie 4.Edgar Thomas Works in Braddock, Pennsylvania. Soon, Pittsburgh would become a leading maker of steel and iron. 5.The Homestead Strike in 1892 was the one of the most violent labor struggles in U.S. History. Andrew Carnegie was on vacation in Scotland. The workers contract expired and they wouldn't negotiate with Henry Clay Frick who was in charge while Carnegie was gone. Actions grew violent from gunfire to bodies lying dead everywhere. This was truly a terrible moment in the steel industry history. _ A Industry Is Born ~JP Morgan was one of the few powerful business leader in the 1800's and the turn of the century. He helped consolidate the railroad industry and the U.S. Steel Industry Become the worlds leading steelmaker. ~U.S. Steel was founded in 1901. Its founders were Andrew Carnegie, JP Morgan, Elbert H. Gary and Charles Schwab. It became one of the biggest producers of it making 67 percent of it. The industry brought big changes to our way of life in a positive impact.Because of this, Andrew Carnegie became the richest man in the world. ~The average worker worked 44.6 hours a week. They also worked 7 days a week. They worked under dangerous conditions. Molten metal and large machinery made hard to work without injury or death. _ Essential Questions: 1.It can expand the economy by help make it easier to transport items and stock from one place to another. It can make new and improved items that will work better and last longer. It can help improve the quality of life by making better homes to live in, giving people better educations and helping organize things. 2.They affected it economically because they made a lot of money. They affected it socially because they exploited people, formed anti-competitive trusts and placed wealth above evrything else. They affected it politcally because they were willing to circumvent law to achieve supremency. 3.They should regulate it so businesses don't do unfair practices. _ Questions: 1.What is the Homestead Strike? 2.Who was JP Morgan and what did he do? 3.How long did the average worker work? 4.How Andrew Carnegie Become the richest man in the world? 5.What year did the industry begin? _ Additional Info: ~Andrew Carnegie was a philantropist, a person who practices philanthropy. ~He also believed in the gospel of wealth ~He gave back to the community by spending his money for good use.

References: http://www.answers.com/topic/iron-and-steel-industry http://www.carnegie.org/sub/about/biography.html http://andrewcarnegie.tripod.com/acbio.html