10 Great Men That Helped Make Life What It Is Today

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10 Great Men That Helped Make Life What It Is
Today
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Table Of Contents
Alexander G. Bell.1 Thomas
Edison.2 Henry Bessemer...3 Andrew
Carnegie.4 John D. Rockefeller5 Samuel
Gompers.6 Upton Sinclair.7 Theodore
Roosevelt8 W.E.B Du Boise..9 Booker T.
Washington10
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Andrew Carnegie- was a steel manufacture and
Philanthropist. He was one of the most remarkable
foreign-born Americans. Carnegie became very
rich. But he gave millions of dollars to schools
to help them.
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John D. Rockefeller- was at one time the worlds
richest man. He made all his money in the oil
business. Before he passed away he pasted he
became a great philanthropist. Many things have
been written about Rockefeller.
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Samuel Gompers- was born in London,England. He
was also an American labor leader. In 1863 he
accompanied his family to New York city. There he
become very active in the social club. He also
became a member of the Cigar Makers international
union in 1864.
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Alexander G. Bell-invented the telephone. Bell
was 27 years old when he worked out the principle
of transmitting speech. The telegraph had been
invented before Bells time.
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Thomas Edison-invented the first electric lamp
the phonograph, the carbon telephone transmitter.
And the motion- picture projector. Plus he made
the first ever industrial reasherch laboratory.
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Henry Bessemer-invented something called the
Bessemer Process of converting pig iron to steel.
Bessemer was born in heart ford shire.in 1830 He
established business that financed experiments
leading to his invention.
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Theodore Roosevelt-he was the 26th president.He
was an author ,explorer ,and amateur soldier.He
made the presidency a more powerful
office.Roosevelt was born in New York city on
Oct.27,1858.
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Upton Sinclair-an American writer and
reformer.Also an idealistic super for
socialism.He also became famous as a
muckraker.Sinclair also wrote several
notification books.
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W.E.B. Du Boise-he was a very important part of
history.He was a leader of African American
protest in the united states.He was also the
first one to express the idea of pan
Pan-africisim.He was born in New York city.
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Booker T. Washington-an American educator.He
urged blacks to attempt to uplift themselves
.Through educational attempts and economic
advancement.He was born April 15,1856.
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