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Ch. 19 and 20 Review

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

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  1. Ch. 19 and 20 Review Miss Taylor’s Class

  2. INVENTORS

  3. Who invented the telephone?

  4. Alexander Graham Bell

  5. Who invented the camera?

  6. George Eastman

  7. Who invented the shoe-making machine? Hint: He was a famous African-American inventor.

  8. Jan E. Matzeliger

  9. Who invented the electric light bulb?

  10. Thomas Edison

  11. IMPORTANT PEOPLE

  12. Railroad barons – who were they? Why were they bad?

  13. 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.

  14. Who was Henry Ford?

  15. 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.

  16. Who was John Dewey?

  17. 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.”

  18. Who was Mark Twain?

  19. Mark Twain • Famous author – he wrote: • The Gilded Age • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

  20. What was yellow journalism?

  21. Newspaper reporters that exaggerated stories to attract the readers’ attention.

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