1. Chapter 16: Go-Getters
155: Between 1865 and 1900, Go-Getters in the industrial Northeast and Midwest transformed the nation. Explain who they were and how they helped establish an American standard of living.

2. Background Information
United States after the war went under an industrial revolution.
Go-Getters invented new technology and systems.
Go-Getters became an influential part on the entire United States, making it bigger and better.
The U.S. took a big step towards being the modernized nation it would soon become.

3. What are Go-Getters?
Go-getters were people of all races and from all nations.
They found new opportunities.
Brought the whole nation together.
Brought railroads nationwide.
Provided factories and farmers with natural resources.

4. The Go-Getters
John D. Rockefeller – Took over oil businesses, created monopolies, bought cheap. Lit up the world.
J. Pierpoint Morgan – Organized money, helped bankrupt railroads. Took over Carnegie Steel.
Andrew Carnegie – Made a fortune off of steel, spread public libraries.
George Bissel – Found use for oil, and way to pump it.
Montgomery Ward – Order by mail company
Sears – Sold jewelry by mail, made quick drying ink, new system fpr color printing, and thinner, cheaper paper.

5. The Go-Getters Stewart – Cast Iron Palace, a department store.
Borgadus – Constructed Stewart’s Cast Iron Palace
William Sellers – Invented machines to measure and cut metal. Were used to create standard-size screws and bolts
Frederick W. Taylor – Invented efficiency
Thomas A. Edison – Invented light bulb. Made “invention factory”

6. Sources
Boorstin, Daniel J., Brooks Kelley Mather., and Ruth Boorstin Frankel. A History of the United States. Lexington, MA: Ginn, Print.
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