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Archival footage enhances this four-part interactive program as it reviews the careers and contributions of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and John D. Rockefeller to the rise of American industry. Focuses on Edison's inventions, Ford's assembly line production of the model T, and Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company and philanthropy. Concludes with a look at the auto industry and manufacturing's birth and growth in the early 1900s. Pretest activities.
Media Details
Runtime: 28 minutes
- Topic: Business, History
- Subtopic: Industry, U.S. History - 1866-1900, U.S. History - 1901-1919
- Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
- Release Year: 1996
- Producer/Distributor: AIMS Multimedia
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