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
