US History - Industrial Revolution & West ward expansion

He created a process which made the production of steel much more economical

• Henry Bessemer

• Andrew Carnegie

• Booker T Washington

• Adolph Krupp

He formed the Standard Oil Company in 1870

• John D. Rockefeller
• Andrew Carnegie
• J.P. Morgan
• Henry Ford

He was responsible for drilling the first oil well in Pennsylvania in 1859

• John D. Rockefeller
• Andrew Carnegie
• Henry Ford
• Edwin Drake

Invented a line of hair-care and cosmetics for African Americans and is widely believed to be the first black millionaire.

• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Rosa Parks
• Harriet Tubman
• Madam C.J. Walker

1. He invented the internal combustion engine in the late 1800s

• Henry Ford

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Thomas Edison
• Karl Benz

The first humans to successfully attain flight in an airplane in 1903

• The Wright brothers
• The Montgolfier brothers
• Amelia Earhart
• Leonardo da Vinci

He was responsible for inventing the Stock-ticker machine, the Phonograph, the electric light bulb, and the electric motor. In all, he held over 1,000 patents

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Nikola Tesla
• Thomas Edison
• Henry Ford

Inventor of the Telegraph which made communication possible over longer distances

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Samuel Morse
• Thomas Edison
• Nikola Tesla

African American inventor who is credited with over 50 patents for lubrication systems on steam engines

• Madam C.J. Walker
• Elijah McCoy
• George Washington Carver
• Frederick McKinley Jones

1. Inventor who developed the telephone

• Nikola Tesla
• Isaac Newton
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Thomas Edison