Name

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MATCH TERMS AND NAMES Match the term on the left with the person most
associated with it. Note that each term may be
connected to more than one person.

Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Bessemer, Andrew Carnegie, George Washington Carver, Josephine
Garis Cochrane, Thomas Edison, Jay Gould, Margaret Knight, Lewis Latimer, Elijah McCoy, John D.
Rockefeller, Herbert Spencer, Gustavus Swift, Ida Tarbell, Nikola Tesla, Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Granville T. Woods, Lyates Woods

TERM PERSON

1. “Wizard of Menlo Park”

2. Standard Oil Company

3. Steel Industry

4. Robber Baron

5. Social Darwinism

6. Muckraker

7. Tuskegee Institute

8. AT&T

9. Philanthropist

10. Vertical Integration

DRAW CONCLUSIONS Explain the effects of the transcontinental railroad on industry and business.

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ORGANIZE INFORMATION Use the chart to organize the inventors and inventions

that improved or changed each industry.

INDUSTRY INVENTORS INVENTIONS

Communication

Energy and Lighting (3)

Agriculture

Transportation (2)

Home Appliances (2)

Paper

Entertainment

IDENTIFY SIGNIFICANCE Select one of the inventors and write a brief explanation

of how their industry was improved or changed.

U.S. HISTORY Chapter 15  SECTION 1  ACTIVITY B © National Geographic Learning, a Cengage Company