American Inventors
This person developed Morse Code and perfected the telegraph.
Who is Samuel Morse
This coast to coast railway allowed Americans to move goods and people further than ever before.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad.
Who is Steve Jobs
This person developed new inventions at his "invention factory" in Menlo Park.
Who is Thomas Edison
This man founded the Standard Oil Company and rapidly became one of the wealthiest men in the world.
Who is John D. Rockefeller
This person founded Tesla and SpaceX
This person developed the Alternating Current Electricity that we use in our homes today.
Who is George Westinghouse
This idea promoted by Andrew Carnegie says that people should be free to make as much money as they can, but once they do, they should give it away.
What is "The Gospel of Wealth"
This person founded Microsoft and made the personal computer what we know today.
Who is Bill Gates
This person invented the "talking telegraph" or what is now the modern telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell
This term was used to describe American Industrialists who built their fortunes by stealing from the public and stripping the country of its natural resources.
What is Robber Baron
The son of an escaped slave, this man improved upon Thomas Edison's electric light bulb by inventing a better way to produce the filament inside them.
Who is Lewis Latimer.
This term was used to describe American Industrialists when they were viewed as helping build the American economy, create jobs, and raise the standard of living.
What is Captain of Industry