US History: Industrializing America Biographies Project: Home

This assignment requires you to research the life and work of a major capitalist, inventor or labor leader of the late 19th century. This could be:

• a millionaire businessman of the era such as Gustavus Swift
• an inventor, such as Elijah McCoy
• a labor leader, such as Mary Harris(“Mother Jones”)

Your person must be unique to the class.