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People and Groups in Period 6 of APUSH

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867856449Cornelius VanderbiltWho built one of the first interregional railroads network and combined the lines in New York with those in the Midwest?0
867856450George PullmanWho was the inventor of luxerious sleeping cars?1
867856452George WestinghouseWho was the inventor of the air brake?2
867856453Alexander Graham BellWho was the inventor of the telephone?3
867856456Thomas EdisonWho was the man who perfected the incandescent lightbulb?4
867856458Andrew CarnegieWho was the man who manufactured steel in Pittsburgh? He mastered vertical integration.5
867856459John P. MorganWho was the man who started United States Steel? He owned ⅓ of the nation's railroads, shipping, and insurance companies.6
867856460John D. RockefellerWho was the man who created Standard Oil? He perfected the oil refinement process. He also created the trust.7
867856461Rowland Hussey MacyWho was the man who started the department store in New York?8
867856462Sears Roebuck and Montgomery WardWho were the two men who created a catalog of items for the rural community?9
867856465Adam SmithWho wrote The Wealth of Nations about laissez-faire economics?10
867856466William Graham SumnerWho took the ideas of Darwin and applied them to society?11
867856468Henry GeorgeWho published Progress and Poverty?12
867856469Edward BellamyWho wrote Looking Backward 2000-1887?13
867856470Henryn Demarest LloydWho wrote Wealth Against Commonwealth14
867856471Karl MarxWho was the man who came up with the ideas of Socialism?15
867856473Laurence GronlundWho was the man who brought Socialism to America?16
867856478Oliver H. KelleyWho was the founder of the National Grange?17
867856479Uriah S. StephensWho founded the Knights of Labor?18
867856480Samuel GompersWho founded the American Federation of Labor?19
867856481"Big Bill" HaywoodWho founded the Industrial Workers of the World?20
867856482Richard OlneyWho issued the injunction to stop the Pullman Strike?21
867856483Horatio AlgerWho was the author of many "Rags to Riches" stories?22
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