WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
ANDREW CARNEGIE
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Wright Brothers
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Thomas Edison
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John D. Rockefeller
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Detailed explanation-1: -“Anything that won’t sell, I don’t want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.” “A genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.” “When I have finally decided that a result is worth getting, I go ahead on it and make trial after trial until it comes.”
Detailed explanation-2: -One of the most famous and prolific inventors of all time, Thomas Alva Edison exerted a tremendous influence on modern life, contributing inventions such as the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera, as well as improving the telegraph and telephone.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Value of Hard Work-Edison’s most famous quote is “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” This comes from a man who was known to sleep an average of four hours a night, surviv-ing on short cat-naps throughout the day.