American History - 1st Semester - Review

______________________. invented the typewriter

• Edwin L. Drake

• Mary Harris Jones

• Eugene V. Debs

• Christopher Sholes

______________________. first successfully used a steam engine to remove oil from beneath the earth's surface

• Edwin L. Drake

• Mary Harris Jones

• Eugene V. Debs

• Christopher Sholes

______________________. ran the American Railway Union

• Edwin L. Drake

• Mary Harris Jones

• Eugene V. Debs

• Christopher Sholes

______________________. Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in steel and donated most of his profits

• George M. Pullman

• Andrew Carnegie

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Bessemer

______________________. organized coal miners, their wives, and their children to fight for better working conditions. Led a march to Washington D.C. to protest poor working conditions

• George M. Pullman

• Andrew Carnegie

• Mary Harris Jones

• Henry Bessemer

______________________. created trusts and was criticized as a robber baron while serving as head of the Standard Oil Company

• John D. Rockefeller

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Eugene V. Debs

______________________. perfected the incandescent light bulb, created an electrical power system, and organized power plants

• John D. Rockefeller

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Eugene V. Debs

______________________. developed a cheap and effective manufacturing process for making steel

• George M. Pullman

• Andrew Carnegie

• Henry Bessemer

• Christopher Sholes

______________________. opened the way for worldwide communications with invention of the telephone

• John D. Rockefeller

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Eugene V. Debs

______________________. railroad-car mogul who built a town to house his employees

• George M. Pullman

• Andrew Carnegie

• Henry Bessemer

• Christopher Sholes