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THE 1900s: BUSINESS AND THE ECONOMY
by LISA MCNARY and
STEVE MELLUM
CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGY 80
OVERVIEW 87
TOPICS IN THE NEWS
"An American Tragedy"—1906—90 Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902—91 Spindietop—92 Financial Panic of 1907—93 Toe Campbells Kids—96 Federal Troop Involvement in Labor Strikes—96 The Lahor Trial of the Century—96 Legislation and Supreme Court Rulings—98 The Model T—100 Ford Motor Company as a Part of General Motors?—101 Resurrection of the Antitrust Movement—101 Teddy Roosevelt and Teddy Bears—103 Taylorism and Scientific Management—103 The International Ladies' Garment t Workers' Union (ILGWU)—104 Wohhlies—106 The World's Fair at Saint Louis—107 Pepsi-Cola: What's in a Name?—107
HEADLINE MAKERS
Andrew Carnegie—108 Eugene V. Dehs—109 Henry Ford—109 William "Big Bill" Haywood—110 Andrew William Mellon—111 J. Pierpont Morgan—112 Phillip A. Payton Jr.—113 James Cash Penney—113 Charles Michael Schv—114 Frederick Winslow Taylor—115
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 117
DEATHS 118
PUBLICATIONS 120
Sidebars and tables are listed in italics.
The 1900s: Business and the Economy
Copyright © 1996 by Gale Research Inc.
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