Oil, Steel, and Railroads: America's Big Businesses in the Late 1800s cover

Oil, Steel, and Railroads: America's Big Businesses in the Late 1800s

Author: Jarnow, Jesse

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 4.5
Points 0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 2438
Points per Word 0.000205
Page Count 32
Points per Page 0.015625
Series America's Industrial Society in the 19th Century; Primary Source

Description

This book chronicles the development of railroads, steel, and oil as moneymakers in nineteenth-century America, describing their impact on labor practices and everyday life in the U.S.