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ANDREW CARNEGIE was a grant in the railroad and steel industries. He believed that it was the duty of a rich man to distribute his wealth during his lrletime. To that end. he established 2800 libraries and many cultural halls throughout America. A lifetime passion for machinery led HENRY FORD to Detroit where, in 1896, he completed his firsl motor ve- hicle. The Ford Motor Company manufactured the first Model T in 1909, Q 4 Serving an unprecedented lour terms as President ofthe United States, FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT was a popular leader who made extensive use ol lireside radio chats to explain his plans and generate enthusiasm to push them through Congress. The crippler poliomyelitis was conquered by DR. JONAS SALK in 1953 alter more than 25 years ol research. Polio was reduced by 9695 in leg than ten years. SALK's re- search continues in California at the Salk Institute. ROBERT FROST's poetry was clear, understated, well- metered and told the stones of rural America. He was a four-time winner ol the Pulitzer Prize and has been called Americas poet laureate. MARTIN LUTHER KING was a leader in the cause of civil rights. He had been a pastor before turning to the cause of segregation. His leadership earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He was assassinated by James Earl Ray in 1968. t t One of the most elementary symbols of the American way of lile was established when l. EDGAR HOOVER and his Federal Bureau ol Investigation G-men set out to clean up the country. His career spanned over A0 years, A plain, homely woman with tremendous appeal to the masses, who was always in the thick of things de- scribes ELEANOR ROOSEVELT and her lifetime of poli- ticking beside her husband during his four terms. t t Lieutenant Colonel IOHN GLENN started Americas trav- els to outer space when he becamethe lirst American to orbit the earth. He had been an aviator in World War ll and a test pilot in peacetime. The motion-picture industry was revolutionized in Ameri- ca and DAVID WARK GRIFFITH became known as the Father ot the film art and king of directors lor his part in this revolution. His camera techniques were the pioneering steps of the industry. THURGOOD MARSHALL is the first Negro to serve as a justice ol the Supreme Court. His law career was aimed primarily at civil rights cases. GERALD R. FORD, the rust President to achieve the ol- fice without an election. In 1974, through a series ol scandalous events, the Nixon administration toppled and FORD reached the position through approval by Congress,

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Without realizing it, England instilled in the colonists the individual purpose and ingenuity that necessity breeds. With trade goods cut to a minimum, determined young leaders of the time set out to find ways of surviv- ing without support from the Mother Country. Agricultural methods and machines and labor saving devices were designed by our forefathers. As frontiers opened, Yankee genius had to conquer natural barriers in the wild new country, so suspension bridges were invented and methods of transportation were perfected for the purpose of opening the untamed areas. Later, they sought to section off the land with the revolution- ary and controversial invention - barbed wire. Cooper's 1-horsepower Tom Thumb train in 1830 and later, automobiles' like the first Model T, and the 4-horsepower airplane , became American modes of travel from city to city and coast to coast. Americans knew that the fertile lands of this nation would produce unequalled harvests if machines were designed to take over for man. They knew also that trade routes were difficult to travel and manufacturing would have to be done close to home. The cotton gin, textile looms, drill presses and a reaper which could cut six times as much grain as a hand scythe were some of the tools invented. Protection for themselves and for their young country prodded inventors like Eli Whitney to perfect firearms and others to work on plans for the first submarine. Young inventors like Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison icalled the nation's most valuable citi- zenj visualized machines that would light the country and open up communication with those in the far cor- ners of the nation. The telephone, telegraph, phono- graph and the first light bulb were discovered in the late 1800's and early twentieth century. This American way of doing for oneself inspired many to become inventors in their own right. Some sought to save labor and mass- produce for profit while others envisioned not only riches, but excitement and adventure as they discovered ways to defy nature. Throughout the past 200 years the American mind has been unleashed to take whatever paths necessary to ful- fill the needs. In the last half-century, the pace of dis- covery has been overwhelming and inventions for the taming of the universe lie in the grasp of America while the habit of finding a way is ingrained in its people. The seeds of industrial America were sown by these inventors resulting in today's mechanized society.