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George Pullman | Invented comfortable sleeping cars for trains |
Cornelius Vanderbilt | The railroad baron--who built a home that had 4 acres of living space! |
James Hill | The railroad developer of the Great Northern railroad---built without Congressional aid |
Henry Bessemer | Came up with an improved process of making good quality steel |
Andrew Carnegie | Born in Scotland, became the steel baron and philanthropist |
Montgomery Ward | Created an early mail order company |
J.P. Morgan | The banking baron |
John D. Rockefeller | The oil baron and founder of Standard Oil company |
Samuel F.B. Morse | Inventor of the telegraph |
Alexander Graham Bell | Invented a workable telephone |
Thomas Alva Edison | Worked in an invention factory; made the "night" shift possible |
Elijah McCoy | African American inventor--came up with a way to oil engines automatically |
Granville Woods | African American inventor--found a way to send telegraphs between moving trains |
Jan matzeliger | African American inventor--came up with an automated shoe making machine |
Christopher Sholes | Invented the typewriter |
Gustavus Swift | Invented refrigeration |
George Eastman | Came up with a handheld camera |
Henry Ford | Found a way to make cars economically |
Orville Wright | With my brother, we proved we had the "wright" stuff and invented a flying machine |
Wilbur Wright | A former bicycle maker--invented a flying machine |
Frederick Taylor | An early "efficiency" expert and time study engineer |
Terence Powderly | Worked with an early labor union known as the Knights of Labor |
Samuel Gompers | A cigar maker who established the American Federation of Labor |
Scabs | Poor immigrants who often worked as strike breakers |
Mother Jones | A dress maker until the Chicago Fire, she worked to organize coal miners and brought attention to child labor |
Mrs. Oleary's Cow | Legend says I kicked over a lantern and caused the Great Chicago Fire |