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Elisha Otis
Elisha Otis was an inventor. He was founder of the Otis Elevator Company, and he invented a safety device that keeps elevators from falling if the hoisting cable breaks. -
Christopher Sholes
Christopher Sholes was an inventor. He invented the first typewriter and "qwerty" keyboard. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish- American industrialist. He led the enormous expansion of the steel industry. -
Gustavis Swift
Gustavis Swift was an inventor. He was the founder of a meat-packing business. -
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller was an american industrialist and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Standard Oil Company. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison was an inventor. He created the light bulb, the phonograph, and many more. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, engineer, inventor, and innovator. He invented many things, including the telephone. -
F.W. Woolworth
F.W. Woolworth was the entreprenuer of the F.W. Woolworht company, (now called Footlocker.) This was the first store to use packages in which you could see the inside, so you know what you are buying. -
George Eastman
George Eastman was an innovator and entreprenuer. He pretty much invented the disposable camera. He was the entreprenuer of teh Eastmen Kodak company. That is a camera company. -
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Ottmar Mergenthaler was a German-born inventor. He invented the Linotype machine, which was the first device that could easily and quickly set complete lines of type for use in printing presses. -
Macy’s
Macy's was founded by Rowland Hussey Macy. On the company's first day of business on October 28, 1858 sales totaled US$11.08, equal to $293.47 today. -
Joel Tiffany
Joel Tiffany created the first refridgerator car, A refrigerator car was part of a train, used to keep foods of other packages cold while being brought to their destination, -
Social Darwinism
Social Drwinism is a theory from the late 19th century and early 20th century. The theory describes how the weak were diminished and their cultures delimited, while the strong grew in power and in cultural influence over the weak.
