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| Alexander Graham Bell, 1847-1922 | Perfected telephone to transmit voice by electricity |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt - 1843-1899 | Business & philantropist, president of N.Y. & Harlen Railroad, one of 1st to use the Westinghouse air brake |
| John D. Rockefeller, 1839-1937 | Industrialist, philanthropist, Standard Oil |
| Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919 | World's greatest steelmaker, gave millions to libraries |
| Samuel Gompers, 1850-1924 | President of AFL for 37 years. Adopted ideas of British trade unions, wanted higher, shorter working hours, & benefits for benefits. |
| Thomas Alva Edison | In 1879, he and his team created the electric lightbulb. His power plant could NOT send electricity over long distances |
| Orville & Wilbur Wright | Bicycle makers who made the first peloted flight in a gas-powered plane on 12/17/1903. |
| Frederick W. Taylor | Efficiency engineer looking for ways to raise production and lower costs. Published The Principles of Scientific Management |
| Terence V. Powderly | In 1879 became the leader of the Knights of Labor |
| Mary Harris Jones "Mother Jones" | Union organizer who fought for workers rights. |
| Grover Cleveland | Democratic President 1885-1889. Sent federal troops to chicago during the Pullman strike. |
| Oliver Hudson Kelley | He & other government clerks formed the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry in 1867 (National Grange) for social or educational organization for farmers. |
| William Jennings Bryan | Member of the House of Representatives (Democrat 1891-1895). Opposed high tariffs,free coinage of silver, & women's suffrage. In 1896 was supported by the Populist Party for President |
| Benjamin Harrison | President (Republican) 1889-1893. He passed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act to increase the amount of silver purchase for coinage. |
| James B. Weaver | Populist candidate won 1 million votes in the 1892 election . |
| George Westinghouse | 1869 railroad air braking system. His improved power plant COULD send power over long distances |
| George Pullman | Develoved a railway car that made long-distance travel more comfortable |
