Chapter+23

Created by Carly.


 * INDUSTRY, EMPIRE, AND EVERYDAY LIFE: 1870-1890**

__---People To Know__

//Andrew Carnegie-// founder of the Iron and Steel Industry. Known for starting the Carnegie school. //John Davidson Rockefeller-// founded the Standard Oil Company. His family is one of the richest in the world. //Nicholas II-// the Tsar of Russia at this time. He built the Trans-Siberian Railroad. //Winston Churchill-// famous Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II; conservative; succeeeded Chamberlain; was at Yalta with Roosevelt and Stalin. //Emile Zola-// author of many works including __J'Accuse__ that claimed the wrongful jailing of Alfred Dreyfus.

__---The Trans-Siberian Railroad__

- Introduced by Tsar Nicholas II - Ran from Moscow to Ladivstok - Acted as a personal office for the Tsar and his staff.

__---Sectors__

//White-Collar Service Sector//- office workers in the working or the middle class. //London Stock Exchange-// the 4th largest stock exchange market.

__---Africa__

- Known a the "White Man's Grave" because any white person who went there never came back. - There was a high mortality rate for white males there. - This rise might be due to the percentage of white males in Africa at the time. For example, the graduation rate for our class at STEM will be higher than the graduation rate at Powell simply because we have only 1/4 of their class size.

__---Asia__

- The Meiji-Regime- the reigning group of people in Japan - Many Asians had an oligarchy

__---The Fabian Society__

- The British Democratic Socialist Party - Also known as the Labour Party - The were on the center-left (social democrat) of the political spectrum - Overtook the Liberal Party