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Performance Task Industry

By: Sandra Moua


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Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was a period in which fundamental changesoccurred in agriculture, textile and metal manufacture, transportation,economic policies and the social structure in England.

Agriculture occupied a prominent position in the English way of life of thisperiod.

Prior to 1760 the manufacture of textiles occurred in the homes, by people

who gave part of their time to it.One finds the working conditions and practices of coal mining in the l8th

and l9th centuries to be risky, at best, and suicidal at worst.

Improvements in the iron industry came in the early l8th century.

As an integral part of determining the cost and availability of manufactured

products and as a means of improved communications, and as anindustry unto itself, the improvement of transportation stimulated thecourse of the Industrial Revolution.

Prior to industrialization in England, land was the primary source of wealth.


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Industrial Revolution

The development and subsequent application of steam power wasundoubtedly the greatest technical achievement of the IndustrialRevolution.

In the l8th century the population grew at a faster rate than ever before.

If the conditions in which people lived in these factory towns were

considered bad, then the conditions in which they worked can beappropriately characterized as being horrendous.

The movement was beginning to free workers from the injustices of thefactory system. Political leaders called for reform legislation which wouldaddress these injustices.


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Robber Barons


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Robber BaronsThe Robber Barons of the Industrial Revolution were:

John D. Rockefeller

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Andrew Carnegie

J. Pierpont MorganThese four were called Robber Barons because they were businessmen in theindustry world who made a lot of money. They gained money by oil, coal,steal, or trains. They used different methods to gain money. They were allPhilanthropists, they donated money to a worthy cause like libraries,schools, churches, or hospitals.

These four also were the most powerful businessmen because they usedmonopolies to control companies to make their own profits.


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John D. Rockefeller


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John. D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller was famous because he first controlled the Standard OilCompany thus controlling all oil production in the United States and coaland many mines of iron and steel. His development was important in theUnited States and the world because he set a nation wide distributionsystem that reached nearly every American town. He got/made oil in Ohio

and it expanded into the Pennsylvania Oil Regions. The impact on theenvironment was that the problem was that the oil was "sour" -- that is, ithad a very high sulfur content so it smelled like rotten eggs. Even worse,when it was refined into kerosene and used in lamps it produced too muchsoot, which coated the lamp chimneys. Oil over the years is now used fordifferent things like cooking oil.

The cost was the air and the land, but the benefit was that we could light lampsand use oil for other things. These benefits and costs dont really outweigheach other.


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Cornelius Vanderbilt


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Cornelius VanderbiltCornelius Vanderbilt was famous because he controlled the railroads. His

development was important in the United States and the world becausetransportation was important for trading, importing, exporting, andtraveling. He started at first in New York City. There wasnt any impacton the environment, but on the society because the people had to pay a

lot to get on the train and all the profits went to Vanderbilt. The type ofenergy trains used was coal, iron, and steel.

To this day many people get on the train but it isnt owned by just oneperson. It still makes trips to places for traded in traveling, and it is stillexpanding to other places.

The cost is people paying to get on the train, coal, steel, iron, and natural gas;

the benefit is trading, travel, import, and export.

The benefits do not outweigh the cost because for cost we are using ourfossil fuels too much.


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Andrew Carnegie


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Andrew CarnegieAndrew Carnegie, a self-made steel tycoon and one of the wealthiest 19th

century U.S. businessmen, donated towards the expansion of the New YorkPublic Library. His development was important in the US and worldbecause he owned steel companies, and since railroads used steel, heowned them as well. He made steel and owned many other materials in

Homestead, Pennsylvania.Today steel is made everywhere and used in everyday life. Railroads have

grown and now travel everywhere. The sale earned him more than $200million.

Carnegie, an avid reader for much of his life, he donated a lot of money toother buildings.


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J. Pierpont Morgan


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J. Pierpont Morgan

J.P. Morgan, founder of J.P. Morgan & Co., was a master of finance and isconsidered one of the country's leading businessmen. His development wasimportant to the US and world because his company became one of theleading financial firms in the country. He was in Hartford, Connecticut.

Morgan dominated two industries in particularhe helped consolidate

railroad industry in the East and formed the United States SteelCorporation in 1901. A crucial material in the extensive growth of thenation, U.S. Steel became the world's largest steel manufacturer. Thegovernment, concerned that Morgan had created a monopoly in the steelindustry, filed suit against the company in 1911.


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Citations

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"The Rockefellers ."pbs.org. The American Experience, n.d. Web. 7 Dec 2012..stfrancis.edu. University of St. Francis. Web. 7 Dec 2012.

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"Andrew Carnegie Biography ." biography true story . A E Networks, n.d. Web.7 Dec 2012. .

John D. Rockefeller."biography true story . A E Networks, n.d. Web. 7 Dec 2012..


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Citations

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