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7 Cards in this Set
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Alexander Graham Bell |
Had the idea of the telephone, organised AT&T, Thomas Watson was his assistant |
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Andrew Carnegie |
Started working at the age of 12, Thomas Scott promoted his as a young boy, Opened a steel company in Pittsburgh |
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Thomas Edison |
Developed phonograph, Had a laboratory in Malo Park NJ, Produced an inexpensive lightbulb |
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John D Rockerfeller |
Owned an oil refinery, Standard Oil was America's biggest refinery, He created a monopoly. |
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C. Latham Sholes |
Invented type writter, Invented QWERTY keyboard, was a newspaper publisher |
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Gustavus Swift |
Founder of Swift meatpacking, Shipped first refidgerated cart, reduced risk of food poisoning |
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Cornelius Vanderbilt |
Sucessful railroad consolidator, Built New York's grand cantral terminal, owned almost all of the railroad |
