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Henry Bessemer and William Kelly
Who developed a speedy method of making steel?
100
Samuel Morse
Who developed the telegraph?
100
Nikola Tesla
Who developed alternating current?
100
Wilbur and Orville Wright
Who developed the first piloted aircraft?
100
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Who invested in shipping and railroads, ultimately owning 4500 miles of track and a personal fortune of $100 million?
200
Edwin Drake
Who developed the drill and pump system in Titusville, Pennsylvania?
200
Christopher Sholes
Who developed the typewriter?
200
Andrew Carnegie
Who was the most prominent steelmaker, in part because he developed vertical integration?
200
John D. Rockefeller
Who developed oil refineries and horizontal integration?
200
Mother Mary Jones
Who was a labor organizer for the Knights of Labor who helped strikers?
300
Elijah McCoy
Who developed the lubricating cap for machines?
300
Thomas Edison
Who invented the vote recorder, stock ticker, phonograph, and electric lightbulb?
300
Horatio Alger
Who wrote the rags-to-riches stories?
300
Uriah Stevens
Who founded the Knights of Labor?
300
Samuel Gompers
Who founded the American Federation of Labor for skilled workers after labor violence occurred?
400
George Westinghouse
Who developed the air brake and alternating current?
400
Nicolas Otto
Who developed the first internal combustion engine powered by gasoline?
400
Karl Marx
Who wanted to abolish private property and developed communist ideology?
400
Terence Powderly
Who was the leader of the Knights of Labor, which allowed skilled and unskilled workers, women, and African Americans to join?
400
Eugene V. Debs
Who was the leader of the American Railway Union, which struck against Pullman and was put down by federal troops?
500
Granville Woods
Who improved on the air brake and developed a communications system between trains and stations?
500
Lewis Latimer
Who was Edison's assistant who helped with the lightbulb?
500
George Pullman
Who developed special railroad cars, some for sleeping and some for dining?
500
Charles and J. Frank Duryea
Who developed the first practical motorcar in the United States?
500
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
Who developed a steam engine on a three-wheeled carriage?