Chapter 7

  • Elisha Otis

    Elisha Otis
    Elisha Otis invented the elevator.
  • Macy’s

    Macy’s
    Macy's was founded in 1958.
  • Gustavis Swift

    Gustavis Swift
    Gustavis Swift founded a meatpacking empire in the mid west during the 19 th century.
  • John D. Rockefeller

    John D. Rockefeller
    John D. Rockefeller was the leader of the oil industry.
  • Christopher Sholes

    Christopher Sholes
    Christopher Sholes invented the first practical typewriter.
  • Andrew Carnegie

    Andrew Carnegie
    Andrew Carnegie invested in steel and created the Carenegie steel corporation.
  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Alexander Graham Bell
    Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
  • Joel Tiffany

    Joel Tiffany
    Joel tiffany invented the winter refridgarator car.
  • F.W. Woolworth

    F.W. Woolworth
    F.W. Woolworth was the founder of the F.W. Woolworth company.
  • George Eastman

    George Eastman
    George Eastman invented roll film to take pictures.
  • Social Darwinism

    Social Darwinism
    Social Darwinism
  • Ottmar Mergenthaler

    Ottmar Mergenthaler
    Ottmar Mergenthaler invented the linotype machine.
  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison
    Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb.