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Ch. 19 and 20 Review. Miss Taylor’s Class. INVENTORS. Who invented the telephone?. Alexander Graham Bell. Who invented the camera?. George Eastman. Who invented the shoe-making machine? . Hint: He was a famous African-American inventor. . Jan E. Matzeliger.
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Ch. 19 and 20 Review Miss Taylor’s Class
Who invented the shoe-making machine? Hint: He was a famous African-American inventor.
Railroad Barons • Example: Cornelius Vanderbilt • They controlled the nation’s rail traffic. • Why were they bad? They consolidated the railroads, combined the larger companies into smaller ones. Used monopolies to drive up the prices.
Henry Ford • Invented the assembly line. • Created the first car – Model T • He was able to mass produce cars in order to sell them at a cheaper rate.
John Dewey • He improved education in America. • He argued for progressive education – “schools should relate learning to the interests, problems, and concerns of students, rather than rote memorization.”
Mark Twain • Famous author – he wrote: • The Gilded Age • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Newspaper reporters that exaggerated stories to attract the readers’ attention.