Inventors
African Americans
Entrepreneurs
Women and Immigrants
Inventors CONT.
100
Known for flying the first successful biplane in 1903.
Who were the Wright Brothers?
100
Obtained patents for lubricators', oil drippers, for steam engines.
Who was Elijah McCoy?
100
Used horizontal integration and formed the Standard Oil Company. (Controlled 90% of all oil refinements in the United States)
Who was John D. Rockefeller? 
100
She received a patent for a fold-away bed that could be tucked into a desk
Who was Sarah Goode?
100
Invention of the first telephone in 1876.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
200
After the passing of his wife, this individual came up with Morse Code.
Who is Samuel Morse?
200
Known for the telegraph that could send signals between stations and moving trains (multiplex telegraph)
Who is Granville T. Woods?
200
Known for building the Florida East Coast Railroad, known as the "Father of Miami."
Who was Henry Flagler? 
200
She made a fortune developing and selling hair care and cosmetic products for African-American women.
Who was Madam C.J. Walker?
200
Invention of the light bulb.
Who was Thomas Edison?
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300
Invented the sleeping car.
Who is George Pullman?
300
African-American inventor patented improved rotary-blade lawn-mower.
Who is John Albert Burr?
300
Owned one quarter of all steel made in the United States. Utilized vertical integration.
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
300
Invented the first automatic dishwasher.
Who was Josephine Cochrane?
300
This person built a gasoline powered automobile.
Who was Henry Ford?
400
Serbian immigrant known for developing AC (Alternating current).
Who is Nikola Tesla?
400
Improved methods for producing the carbon filaments used in new electric light bulbs
Who is Lewis Howard Latimer?
400
Gifted financial adviser and banker who ended up owning the first billion dollar company in the United States.
Who is J.P. Morgan?
400
Italian inventor known for developing the radio.
Who is Guglielmo Marconi?
400
Invented the airbrake.
Who is George Westinghouse?
500
British inventor known for coming up with a process that purifies iron to make strong light steel.
Who is Henry Bessemer?
500
This person developed a safety hood and smoke protector for firefighters
Who is Garrett Morgan?
500
American financer known for the building of the first Transcontinental Cable.
Who is Cyrus Field?
500
Awarded patent for inventing a machine that attached the upper part of a leather shoe to its sole (the bottom of the shoe)
Who is Jan Earl Matzeliger?
500
This person drilled the first oil well in Pennsylvania in 1859
Who was Edwin Drake?