2. August 27, 2007 Objective: What were the following entrepreneurs or inventors best associated or known during the late 1800s? 1. Cornelius Vanderbilt 6. John D. Rockefeller 2. George Westinghouse 7. Gustavus Swift 3. Andrew Carnegie 8. Philip Armour 4. George Pullman 5. Milton Hershey

3. Cornelius Vanderbilt

4. 1. STEAMBOAT AND RAILROAD ENTREPRENEUR

5. George Westinghouse The Westinghouse Air Brake Company

6. 2. INVENTOR OF THE AIR BRAKING SYSTEM FOR TRAINS AND FOUNDER OF WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC

7. ANDREW CARNEGIE

8. 3. Captain of the steel industry

9. George Pullman

10. 4. Inventor of the railroad sleeping car

11. Milton Hershey

12. 5. Entrepreneur of the candy industry

13. Alexander Graham Bell- Inventor of the Telephone This site is a member of WebRing. To browse visit Here.Here

14. Thomas Edison Known for his experiments with electricity and his development of the light bulb

15. J. D. Rockefeller

16. 6. Entrepreneur of the oil industry

17. Meat Kings of Chicago Philip Armour Gustavus Swift

18. 7. Gustavus Swift – revolutionized the meat packing industry through his invention of the refrigerated box car 8. Philip Armour – pioneered the sale of canned meat

19. 9. Pierre Samuel Dupont – explosives and chemical businessman

20. Charles Goodyear Developer of vulcanized rubber