The Men Who Built America

 

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The Men Who Built America

The Men Who Built America | YebboBooks & YebboHistory YebboBooks Historical Series The Men Who Built America From railroads to

Historical Figures

Transportation titan

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Steamships and railroads

Connected America through waterways and rail networks.

Oil titan

John D. Rockefeller

Standard Oil

Standardized petroleum refining and created America's most famous monopoly.

Steel titan

Andrew Carnegie

Carnegie Steel

Used the Bessemer process to mass-produce steel for railroads, bridges and cities.

Finance titan

J. P. Morgan

Wall Street and consolidation

Organized capital, created megacorporations, and stabilized markets.

Manufacturing titan

Henry Ford

Model T and assembly line

Made cars affordable and changed global manufacturing.

Automotive challenger

Walter Chrysler

Chrysler Corporation

Brought engineering competition to the American auto industry.

Aviation titan

William Boeing

Boeing

Helped transform flight from experiment into industry.

Corporate architect

Pierre S. du Pont

DuPont and General Motors

Modernized corporate management and helped reorganize GM.

Global banker

J. P. Morgan Jr.

House of Morgan

Carried the Morgan banking legacy into World War I and the global finance era.

Industrial builder

Henry J. Kaiser

Liberty Ships and Kaiser Permanente

Built ships, dams, highways and a lasting healthcare system.

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