Chapter 7

  • Gustavis Swift

    Gustavis made the first refrigerated train car. This is important because it made crops go cross country. It also made jops and a bigger crop indusrty.
  • Elisha Otis

    Elisha Otis
    Elisha invented the elavator brakes. It is imporntant because he let cities grow taller while being safe. Without brakes people would die. It also made lots of jobs for the citizens of the United States.
  • Macy's

    Macy's
    This department store has been around for a long time and has spread to many places. Its important because it has created many jobs and supported lots off families.
  • Andrew Carnegie

    Andrew Carnegie
    Andy made enormous expansions in the steel industry. The expansions are important because it made steel used for more things so that made it stronger and safer, cheaper than before.
  • John D. Rockefeller

    John D. Rockefeller
    John founded an oil comapany. The oil comany is important because oil is used for many things. Oil is used for gas and its used for some electricity.
  • Chistopher Sholes

    Chistopher Sholes
    Chris invented the type writter. The typewritter is important besause it made work fastrer, and publishing things easier. His own typewritter was not a great success but it founded a great industry.
  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Alexander Graham Bell
    Alex made the telephone. This invention was important because it made us able to communicate faster and save lives.
  • Joel Tiffany

    Joel Tiffany
    Joel made the refrigerated car. This car is imtortant becauseit expanded the crop industry and made crops stay good longer and worth more money because they can go so much farther.
  • Social DArwinism

    Social DArwinism
    A thought that people and group are subject to plants and animals. it is important that way people see how they affect plants and animals
  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison
    Thomas made the light bulb among lots of other things. The light bulb is important because he made our lives have light eveything we would do would be in the dark. Another reason its important is think of how many things have lights in them, he made the basis of all light.
  • F.W Woolworth

    F.W  Woolworth
    Woolworth company created the discount stores. Woolworth comapny is important because you can get stuff there a lot cheaper then goin to a regular store for items.
  • Ottmar Mergenthaler

    Ottmar Mergenthaler
    He invented the Linotype Mechine. It is important because it made printing much better than before, it improved the printing industry.
  • George Eastman

    George Eastman
    George invented the Kodak camra and the first rolled film photagrophy. Its imtortant because we use photagraphy in many ways. photos save lives, capute our sights, and capture our memories.