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Industrial Growth and Wealth (US) - Coggle Diagram
Industrial Growth and Wealth (US)
The industrial revolution (1750-1914)
from around 1870 the US passes the UK in industrial growth
the 1900s - The American Century
Inventors
mass production, standardization
industrial organizations/corporations
powerful industrial leaders and trusts
side notes
the invention of the washing machine was an important factor for women being able to work outside the house bc of less time consumption
Into the 20th century
rich and prodctive US
Big buisness power
workers' conditions, labour unions
Laissez-faire
The Progressive Movement
Pres. Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909), Square Deal. The 3Cs: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection
The Monroe Doctrine, 1823, followed by The Roosevelt Corollary, 1904
Pres. Woodrow Wilson, New Freedom Policies, workers' rights
Dollar Diplomacy, Open Door, Panama Canal 1914