Save
Upgrade to remove ads
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

Inventors Inovators

Past and Present

QuestionAnswer
Invented the first process for mass-producing steel inexpensively. Henry Bessemer
Controlling the most extensive integrated iron and steel operations ever owned by an individual in the United States. Andrew Carnegie
Invented the first "reaper" Cyrus McCormick
Invented the first steel plow. John Deere
Invented the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell
American entrepreneur who built his wealth in shipping and railroads Cornelius Vanderbilt
Developed a railroad sleeping car George M. Pullman
Invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry. George Westinghouse
Developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Thomas Alva Edison
Founded the Standard Oil Company and aggressively ran it until he officially retired in 1897.[ John D. Rockefeller
Chemist, made American gunpowder better E.I. Du Pont
Founded Armour and Company, the giant American meatpacking firm. Philip Danforth Armour
Developed the first practical ice-cooled railroad car. Gustavus Franklin Swift
Hershey Chocolate company Mitlon S. Hershey
Financer, banker J.P. Morgan
Invented mail order Montgomery Ward
Invented the first air plane. Orville and Wilur Wright
contributor to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system.co-inventor of the Morse code Samuel F.B. Morse
Founded Wal-Mart Sam Walton
took over McDonald's Ray Kroc
President and CEO of Crysler Lee Iacocca
Real-estate developer Donald J. Trump
invented microsoft Bill Gates
founder and CEO of Dell Michael Dell
founder of amizon.com Jeff Bezos
Created by: johnp
Popular U.S. History sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards