Rail Roads
What was the first privately funded railroad across Canada and America?
The Great American Railroad
What law limited Chinise Immigrants?
The Exclusion Act
What is a trust?
A group of corporations functioning together to benefit themselves in the market.
Who owned Standard Oil?
John D. Rockefeller
Who invented the light bulb among 1200 other inventions?
Thomas Edison
What Railroad was built primarily by the Irish and Civil war veterans
The Union Pacific
What act regulated monopolies, and trusts?
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
What is a corporation?
A publicly owned company that sell stock shares.
Who is famous for owning a steele company and working with railroads?
Andrew Carnegie
Who invented the Telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
What Railroad was built by Chinese Labor
Central Pacific
Why did regulations start to get levied on businesses?
Corrupt business practices, Price gouging.
What is a partnership?
A company owned by 2 or more people.
What union allowed all workers male and female skilled and unskilled?
What two inventions changed the landscape of rail roads towards the end of the 1800's
Air Brakes, Sleeper cars
What railroad went from California across the southwest and eventually to Florida?
Santa Fe Railroad
What gave you legal protection of your invention?
Copyright
What is a sole-Proprietorship?
A single owner Business.
What union only allowed skilled men?
The AFL
How many inventions were patented in the 1800's?
21,000
What railroad went across the northern united states?
Northern Pacific
What 1887 Act prevented price gouging?
The 1887 Interstate Commerce Act
What is John D. Rockefeller known for?
Massive Oil company and the first Trusts.
Who built the Great Northern Railroad?
James J. Hill
Who advocated to the adoption of AC power in the U.S.
Nikola Tesla