Jericho Middle School Library Social Studies Web Site Important People During the Rise of Industry 1865 - 1914 OPAC Databases Search Tools Evaluating Web Sites Form Noodle Tools Jericho Middle School Library Jericho School District  [General Resources] [Henry Ford] [Alexander Graham Bell] [Andrew Carnegie] [Thomas Edison][Cornelius Vanderbilt][John Pierpont Morgan][John D. Rockefeller][George Eastman][Wright Brothers][Frederick Winslow Taylor][Frank W. Woolworth][Elisha Graves Otis][Cyrus Field][Samuel F. B. Morse][Cyrus Hall McCormick][George Pullman][William Cooper Procter] [Samuel Gompers][Terrence Powderly] [Mother Jones] [John Mitchell][George Frederick Baer] Rise of Industry Project Rubric Essential Question: During the Rise of Industry (1865-1914), what major impact did your leader have on American Society?

General Resources National Inventors Hall of Fame Index to Inventions Famous Inventors and Inventions Picture History: Industrialization & Factories Henry Ford (Automobile/Assembly Line) A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: Henry Ford (PBS) Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village Henry Ford (biographical information and photo from Learn.co.uk) Ford, Henry (by Professor Stanley K. Schultz of the Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Inventor Henry Ford Biography (from the Great Idea Finder) Alexander Graham Bell (Telephone) The American Experience: The Telephone: People and Events: More About Bell (PBS) Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers (from American Memory - Library of Congress) Alexander Graham Bell (biographical information and photograph from the Encyclopedia of USA History) Alexander G. Bell's Telephone Patent Oath and Patent Drawing Alexander Graham Bell (from Garden of praise) Andrew Carnegie (Steel Industry) The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie including Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches Interactive Timeline (part of the American Experience Website from PBS/WGHB) The Carnegie Corporation of New York Andrew Carnegie (biographical notes, photograph and political cartoon from the Encyclopedia of USA History) Thomas Edison (Electric Light Bulb / Menlo Park) Edison Birthplace Museum Edison's Miracle of Light (from American Experience - PBS) Edison Invents the Phonograph (America's Story from America's Library - The Library of Congress) Edison National Historic Site - Expanded Web Page Thomas Alva Edison (from the Great Idea Finder) Thomas Edison's Electric Lamp Claim and Electric Lam Thomas Alva Edison Patent Thomas Alva Edison (from MSN Encarta) Cornelius Vanderbilt (Railroad Tycoon) North America Railway Hall of Fame 1999 Induction Awards: Cornelius Vanderbilt: Railway Workers/Builders Cornelius Vanderbilt 1794-1877 (from U-S-history.com) Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt Fought War Over Route through Central America (from the Vanderbilt University Register) Cornelius Vanderbuilt (from Biographybase) John Pierpont Morgan (Investment Banking / U. S. Steel) J.P. Morgan (from the American Experience - PBS) John Pierpont Morgan (biographical notes and photograph from Learn.co.uk) Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont) (from Biography.com) John Pierpont (J.P.) Morgan (from People of Connecticut) John D. Rockefeller (Standard Oil) John D. Rockefeller (biographical notes and photograph from Learn.co.uk) John D. Rockefeller Archive Center The Rockefellers (from American Experience - PBS) John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company ( by Francois Micheloud) George Eastman (Kodak Film) George Eastman (from Kodak) includes information about the History of Kodak. George Eastman: The Wizard of Photography (from the American Experience) George Eastman (from Invent Now: National Inventors Hall of Fame) Wright Brothers (Airplane) The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers (from American Memory at the Library of Congress) Profile of Wilbur and Orville Wright: FlightDeck Aviators (from the Discovery Channel) Time 100: The Wright Brothers Wright Flyer Project The Wright Brothers (from the Garden of Praise) Frederick Winslow Taylor (Industiral Engineer & Inventor) Frederick W. Taylor (from the Odysseus Group) Frederick Taylor and Scientific Management Frederick Taylor (from the Great Idea Finder) Frederick Winslow Taylor (photograph) Frank W. Woolworth (Department Stores) The 1800s Gallery - Woolworth's Virtual Museum Frank Winfield Woolworth (from the City of Watertown) Frank Winfield Woolworth Frank Winfield Woolworth (from Answers.com) Medieval New York: The Woolworth Building Elisha Graves Otis Elisha Graves Otis (from Invent Now: National Inventors Hall of Fame) Elisha Otis (1811-1861): The Elevator (from Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Inventor of the Week Archive) Cyrus Field (Transatlantic Cable / Telegraph) History of the Atlantic Cable and Submarine Telegraphy (from FTL Design) includes information about Cyrus Field from the National Portrait Gallery in the Smithsonian Institute. The Great Transatlantic Cable - Timeline (from the Americn Experience) Cyrus Field - (from the Americn Experience) Cyrus West Field (1819-1892) (from Picture History) Landing of the Transatlantic Cable, 1866 (from IEEE Milestones Virtual Museum) Samuel F. B. Morse (Telegraph) The Samuel F. B. Morse Historic Site Samuel F. B. Morse Papers at the Library of Congress, 1791-1919 Samuel F. B. Morse (an American Memory Library of Congress Preview site) Cyrus Hall McCormick (Reaper / Agriculture) Cyrus Hall McCormick (from Invent Now: National Inventors Hall of Fame) Biography of Cyrus Hall McCormick (from the Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Research & Extension Center) Cyrus McCormick (from the American National Business Hall of Fame) George Pullman (railroad sleeping car) Chicago: People and Events: George Pulman (1831-1897) (from the American Experience) George Pullman (from the Unitarian Universalist Historical Society (UUHS) George Pullman (from www.Pullman-Car.Com Home of the Abraham Lincoln Private Pullman Business) George Pullman (from About.com) Willam Cooper Procter (1862 -1934) (Ivory Soap) P&G History (from Procter & Gamble) The Ivory Story (from Procter & Gamble) The Invention of Ivory Soap (from the Great Idea Finder) William Cooper Procter (from Ohio History Central) William Cooper Procter (from answers.com) William Cooper Procter UXL Encyclopedia of World Biography Samuel Gompers (American Federation of Labor) Samuel Gompers (from AFL-CIO) Samuel Gompers (from Spartacus Educational) Samuel Gompers (from Learn.co.uk) Terence Powderly (Knights of Labor) Terence V. Powderly House (from the National Register of Historic Places Delaware and LehighNational) Terence V. Powderly 1849-1924 Powderly, Terence (from Encyclopedia.com) Terence Powderly (from Spartacus Educational) Mary Harris Jones (Mother Jones, Labor) Mary Harris - Mother Jones: c. 1837 - 1930 ( from Celebration of Women Writers from the Digital Library) Mother Jones: The Miner's Angels (by Mara Lou Hawse) About Mother Jones (from About.com) John Mitchell (President of the United Mine Workers of America 1870-1919) John Mitchell (President of the United Mine Workers of America) John Mitchell John Mitchell (1870-1919) was one of the most respected American labor leaders in the early years of the 20th century (from Answers.com * be sure to scroll down the page to find this article) Lackawanna County Courthouse and John Mitchell Monument (from the National Register of Historic Places) John Mitchell Monument (sculpture). George Frederick Baer George Frederick Baer (from Answers.com) George Frederick Baer UXL Newsmakers Coal Mining Roads Safe from Law George Frederick Baer George Frederick Baer (from Encyclopedia.com) George Frederick Baer Biography (1842-1914) George Frederick Baer (from Biography.com) Who is Who in the Coal Mining Industry from Coal Mine Workers and their Industry: An Industrial Handbook (Prepared by the Educational Bureau of the I.W.W. for Coal-Mine Workers' Union 220, I.W.W ) Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company Return to top of page

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