1. The late 1800s, saw the growth of I.N.D.U.S.T.R.Y.

2. I.I. Invented light bulb (Edison)  Thomas Edison: electricity as a source of power

3. N.N. New banking (J.P. Morgan)  J.P. Morgan: controlled world’s first multi- billion dollar corporation

4. D.D. Developed moving assembly line (Ford)  In 1913, Ford reduced time of producing a car to 93 minutes  He produced 15 million “Model Ts” by 1927

5. U.U. Utilized airplanes (Wright Bros)  Wright Brothers flew the first plane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903

6. S.S. Steel (Carnegie)  Andrew Carnegie: owner of Carnegie Steel in Pittsburgh, PA  Carnegie was very poor as a boy  Gave away most of his wealth to fund libraries, schools, and universities

7. T.T. Telephone (Bell)  Alexander Graham Bell: inventor of the telephone in 1876  Also invented: phonograph (record player) and metal detector

8. R.R. Railroad (Vanderbilt)

9. Y.Y. Yes, oil (Rockefeller)  John D. Rockefeller was an oil tycoon  Founded Standard Oil Company (monopoly broken up in 1911)  Became richest person in world

10. Other American Inventions InventionYearInventor reaper 1831 Cyrus McCormick sewing machine 1848 Elias Howe handheld camera 1848 George Eastman typewriter 1867 Christopher Sholes barbed wire 1873 Joseph E. Glidden Coca-Cola 1886 John Pemberton motion pictures 1893 Thomas Edison razor 1901 King Gillette