The Second Industrial Revolution Review

person who drilled the first commercial oil well

• Edwin L. Drake

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

oil tycoon; founder of Standard Oil

• Edwin L. Drake

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

steel tycoon; gave away $350 million to charity

• Edwin L. Drake

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

railroad tycoon

• Edwin L. Drake

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

leader of the Knights of Labor

• Terrence V. Powderly

• Samuel Gompers

• Eugene V. Debs

• Grover Cleveland

founder of the American Federation of Labor

• Terrence V. Powderly

• Samuel Gompers

• Eugene V. Debs

• Grover Cleveland

leader of the American Railway Union

• Terrence V. Powderly

• Samuel Gompers

• Eugene V. Debs

• Grover Cleveland

president of the United States from 1885 to 1889

• Terrence V. Powderly

• Samuel Gompers

• Eugene V. Debs

• Grover Cleveland

inventors and pilots who made the first successful airplane flight

• Orville and Wilbur Wright

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Alva Edison

• Grover Cleveland

inventor of the telephone

• Orville and Wilbur Wright

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Alva Edison

• Grover Cleveland