Read Chapter 14-3 and then identify the significance of each of the following terms / names: (Post your answers in your blog before the beginning of class.)

Andrew Carnegie-He was the founder of the Carneie steel company that was very important in the growth of the United States and helped industiralization beccause a lot more things were being made out of steel.

Social Darwinism-The thought that compettion between peopls, unions, nations, and countries, that drives social evolution.

John D. Rockefeller- The founder of the Standard Oil company that resulted in him revolutionizing the petroleum industry. He was an industrialist that allowd him to make huge sums of money.

Sherman Antitrust Act- It was a requirement enforced by the United States government that investigates major corporations for fraud and the violation of the Act and it prevents companies from becoming too powerful.

Samuel Gompers- Gompers was an American Labor worker and he was significant because he founded the American Federation of Labor and he served as their president for many years.

American Federation of Labor (AFL)- It was one of the first federations of labor unions in the United States. It was significant because it was the largest union grouping in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century.

Eugene V. Debs - He was an American union leader. His presence was significant in the United States because he was one of the founding members of the International Labor Union and the Industrial Workers of the world, he was also a political figure as he ran for president, he was known as one of the best-known socialists in the United States.


Industrial Workers of the World- It is an international union that helps workers. It is considered very important because it was the biggest most well known union in all of America. It is so siginificant that it still runs today and the Union still fights for workers.

Mary Harris Jones- She was a woman that was an American Labor Union organizer. She showed that woman could do mens jobs.