AGE OF INDUSTRY
GREATEST INVENTOR THAT AMERICA HAS PRODUCED
THOMAS EDISON
INVENTED THE SAFETY ELEVATOR
ELISHA OTIS
INVENTED BARBED WIRE
JOSEPH GLIDDEN
OPENED UP THE GREAT PLAINS FOR SETTLEMENT
HOMESTEAD ACT
INCREASED PRICING MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR FARMERS TO BUY GOODS
INFLATION
INVENTED THE TELEPHONE
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
FIRST WAS COMPLETED IN 1869
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
FORMED THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF OHIO
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
GOLD WAS DISCOVERED THERE, CAUSING TROUBLE WITH THE SIOUX INDIANS
BLACK HILLS
POLITICAL IDEA THAT THE GOVERNMENT COULD SOLVE PRACTICALLY ALL PROBLEMS
POPULIST PARTY PLATFORM
DEVELOPED ALTERNATING CURRENT AND BECAME A COMPETITOR TO THOMAS EDISON
NIKOLA TESLA
STRUCTURE WAS THE FIRST TO USE AN ALL-STEEL FRAME SUCCESSFULLY
WAINWRIGHT BUILDING
BUILT THE LARGEST STEEL MANUFACTURER IN THE WORLD
ANDREW CARNEGIE
LED THE SIOUX WAR PARTY AGAINST GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER AND HIS MEN AT LITTLE BIGHORN
CRAZY HORSE
CENTERPIECE OF THE POPULIST PLATFORM
FREE SILVER MOVEMENT
INTRODUCED CROP ROTATION TO THE SOUTH
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
BEGAN BUILDING THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
JOHN ROEBLING
WORLD’S FAIR HELD IN CHICAGO
1893
OPENED FOR SETTLEMENT IN 1889, FINAL TERRITORY TO BE SETTLED IN THE WEST
OKLAHOMA TERRITORY
ORGANIZED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL NATIONAL LABOR UNION
SAMUEL GOMPERS
INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM IN ECONOMICS LEADS TO THE GREATEST GOOD FOR SOCIETY AS A WHOLE
ADAM SMITH-Wealth of Nations
INVENTED THE PRACTICAL COMMERCIAL TYPEWRITER
CHRISTOPHER SHOLES
DEVELOPED AN INEXPENSIVE METHOD FOR TURNING IRON ORE INTO STEEL
SIR HENRY BESSEMER
OFFERED LAND AND CITIZENSHIP TO ANY HEAD OF AN INDIGENOUS FAMILY WHO WOULD TAKE UP FARMING
DAWES ACT
POLITICAL PROCESS THAT ALLOWS THE CITIZEN TO VOTE DIRECTLY ON A PROPOSED LAW
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