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Macy's
Macy's a department store. The importance of Macy's is so you do not have to make clothes, you can just buy clothes or other goods. -
Elisha Otis
Elisha established a company for manufacturing elevators. He also patented a steam elevator and brakes for an elevator. The importance of elevator brakes is to make the elevators stop/ slow down. -
Christopher Sholes
Christopher Sholes invnted the first practical typewriter and the first QWERTY keyboard. The importance of a typewriter and a keyboard is that it is faster typing and it was easy to use. -
John D Rockefeller
He invented the Standard Oil Company. The imporatnce of the company is that the oil is cheaper and it brought up the idea of a monopoly. -
Alexander Graham Bell
He created the first practical telephone. The importance of a telephone is that it makes communication easier. -
Joel Tiffany
Joel Tiffany invented the refrigerator car. The impotance of this car was to ship goods like butter or milk to different states. -
Gustavus Swift
Gustavus Swift founded a meat packing empire in the Midwest. He invented a railroad car ice-cooler too. The importance of hvaing a railroad car ice-cooler is so you could sell meats across the country. -
Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism is "the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals." Social Darwinism was significant because it was something businessmen believed. -
F.W. Woolworth
F.W. Woolworth founded the F.W. Woolworth Company also know as Foot Locker. The importance of this invention is so people can own/buy shoes. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison invented the first pratical light bulb. The light bulb could glow for 1500 hours before it burnt out. It is important to have light bulbs so we can see what we are doing, and make our everyday life easier. -
Ottmar Mergenthaler
He inevted a linotype machine. The machine makes printing easier. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie founded Carnegie Steel Company. The importance of the company was that you could build skyscrappers for an affordable price. -
George Eastman
He founded the Eastman Kodak Company. The importance of the Kodak Company is so people can take pictures instead of paint picures.
