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Inverntor, Innovator or a Reformer

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Henry Bessemer He is a British engineer and inventor; He designed an automatic plant to manufacture the paint.
Andrew carnegie He is a Scottish-born American industrialist, businessman, and a major philanthropist.
Cyrus McCormick he is and American inventor. He invented the mechanical reaper .
John Deere John invented a steel plow.
Alexander Graham Bell He invented the telephone.
Cornelius Vanderbilt He is an American military officer, inventor, engineer, and yachtsman, and a member of the prominent American.
George M. Pullman He was an American industrial innovator who developed the railroad sleeping car and built a big business with it.
George Westinghouse He made trains a lot more safe brakes and signal.
Thomas Alva Edison An American inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world. Such as, the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.
John D. Rockefeller he founded the Standard Oil. he became the richest and the first billionaire in history.
W.E.D Du Bois He was an African man. He was a civil rights leader.
E.I Du pont He founded the gunpowder manufacturer.
Philip Danforth Armour He helped build meat-packing into a great industry by using new technology and working out distribution methods for domestic and foreign markets.
Gustavus Franklin Swift He had a meat company who was able to ship nationwide and was more cheaper.
Mitlon S. Hersey He invented the Hershey company
J.P Morgan Who built the largest private bank in the United States?
Montgomery Ward An online retailer that is somewhat connected to the former American department store chain
Booker T. Washington He taught school in Malden, studied at a Baptist seminary, and worked in a lawyer’s office.
Sojouner Truth An African-American abolitionist and woman's rights activist.
Jane Addams He was a founder of the U.S. Settlement House movement.
Jacob Riis He is known for his dedication to using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the impoverished in New York City.
Sam Walton He invented Wal-mart.
Ray Kroc He created a new kind of fast food with McDonald's
Lee Iacocca An American businessman known for his revival of the Chrysler Corporation.
Donald J. trump He is a realist who buys buildings.
Bill Gates He invented the Microsoft corporation
Michael Dell He invented Dell
Jeff Bezos He invented the CEO
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