History test industrialization

who invented :Light bulb , phonograph , motion picture camera , etc. -first electrical power plant ( NYC - 1882 ) Start of modern age of electricity

" The Thomas Edison

who invented :Telephone ( 1876 ) - AT & T

Alexander Graham Bell

- Uses Bessemer process -by 1900 controlled ¼ 4 of Steel production - sold company to J.P. Morgan ( 1900 ) - devoted life to philanthropy

Andrew Carnegie

who invented :vulcanizing rubber

Charles Goodyear

who invented :_typewriter

Christopher Sholes

- known as " Commodore " - the New York Central ( 1869 ) • Controlled RR system from Chicago to New York

Cornelius Vanderbilt

who invented : -trans - Atlanic cable to Europe

Cyrus Field

who invented :First Sewing machine

Elias Howe-

who invented : Safety elevator

Elisha Otis

who invented : - Sleeping Car

George Pullman

who invented : Steam locomotive

George Stephenson

who invented : air brakes

George Westinghouse

- J.P. Morgan & Co. - controlled Railroads by 1900 - United States Steel Company ( 1901 ) - Controlled 60 % of the steel industry - hated wasteful competition - first billion - dollar company

J.P. Morgan-

Standard Oil Company ( 1870 ) - drove out and undercut competitors - by 1879 controlled 90 % of oil / petroleum industry - formed Standard Oil Trust ( 1882 ) - Supreme Court ( 1890 ) declared it illegal and to be broken vp

John D. Rockefeller

who invented : telegraph

Samuel F.B. Morse