Name Review, {Industrial Revolution{Quarter 3}}

John D. Rockefeller

Founder of Standard Oil, creator of a monopoly in the oil industry through aggressive business practices.

Andrew Carnegie

Industrialist and philanthropist who expanded the American steel industry and advocated for the 'Gospel of Wealth.'

James B. Duke

Key figure in the tobacco industry, expanded the American Tobacco Company and helped establish Duke University.

Henry Ford

Revolutionized the automobile industry with the assembly line and made cars affordable for the masses.

Thomas Day

A free African American furniture maker known for his craftsmanship in the antebellum South.

Alexander Graham Bell

Inventor of the telephone, transforming global communication.

Thomas Edison

Inventor of the light bulb, phonograph, and motion pictures, helped bring electricity to homes.

Dorothea Dix

Advocate for mental health reform who fought to improve conditions in asylums and prisons.

Harriet M. Berry

Advocated for better road systems in North Carolina, aiding the modernization of transportation.

John Muir

Environmentalist who advocated for national parks and contributed to the formation of Yosemite National Park.

Susan B. Anthony

Leader of the women’s suffrage movement, instrumental in pushing for the 19th Amendment.

Upton Sinclair

Author of The Jungle, which exposed the meatpacking industry, leading to food safety laws.

Ida Tarbell

Muckraker journalist who exposed unethical practices of Standard Oil, contributing to antitrust movements.

Orville and Wilbur Wright

Pioneers of aviation who successfully flew the first powered airplane in 1903.