Industrial revolution

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  1. 2. Wilberforce: An English politician and philanthropist who crusaded for the abolition of slavery in Great Britain.
  2. 4. D. Rockefeller: An American tycoon who founded the Standard Oil Company and dominated the oil industry.
  3. 6. Cabot Lowell: A key figure in bringing the Industrial Revolution to the United States.
  4. 9. Arkwright: Often called the "father of the factory system," Arkwright patented the water frame in 1769, a water-powered spinning machine.
  5. 10. Owen: A Welsh social reformer and textile manufacturer who improved working conditions for his employees.
  6. 11. Whitney: An American inventor known for creating the cotton gin in 1793, which efficiently separated cotton fibers from seeds.
  7. 12. Watt: A Scottish engineer who significantly improved the steam engine in the 1760s, making it more fuel-efficient and powerful.
  8. 13. Dickens: An English writer and social critic who lived during the Industrial Revolution.
  9. 16. Graham Bell: A Scottish-born American inventor who patented the telephone in 1876.
  10. 17. Engels: Co-authored The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx.
  11. 18. Morse: Invented the telegraph and developed Morse Code in the 1830s.
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  1. 1. Vanderbilt: An American entrepreneur who built his fortune in the steamboat industry before moving into railroads.
  2. 3. Engels: Co-authored The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx.
  3. 4. P. Morgan: An American financier and banker who funded and organized several major corporations, including General Electric and U.S. Steel.
  4. 5. Bessemer: An English engineer who, in the 1850s, created a cost-effective process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron.
  5. 7. Hargreaves: Invented the spinning jenny in 1764, which was an engine for spinning multiple spindles of wool or cotton at once.
  6. 8. Daimler and Karl Benz: German engineers who, independently in the 1880s, developed the first gasoline-powered internal combustion engines and motorcars.
  7. 12. Addams: An American social reformer and activist who founded Hull House, one of the first settlement houses in the United States.
  8. 14. Marx: A German philosopher and economist who, with Friedrich Engels, wrote The Communist Manifesto in 1848.
  9. 15. Edison: An American inventor who developed many devices, including a practical and long-lasting incandescent light bulb in 1879.