Spanning and Binding the Continent with Railroads
Consolidation, Mechanization, and Revolution with Railways
Wrongdoing and Government Control in the Railroad Business
Miracles of Mechanization and The Trust Titan
Steel and the Business Giants
100
In ______, Congress made provisions for the first railroad line.
What is 1862.
100
The man who amassed a fortune of $100 million in the railroad industry and was known as the "Commodore" was ________.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt.
100
The most adept ringmaster of corruption was ________.
Who is Jay Gould.
100
The telephone was invented in ________.
What is 1876.
100
The kingpin of steel masters was _____________.
Who is Andrew Carnegie.
200
The first railroad comissioned by Congress to help bind the Union more closely together was the __________.
What is the Union Pacific Railroad.
200
Vanderbilt popularized the __________.
What is the steel rail.
200
The favorite device of moguls of manipulation was __________.
What is "stock watering."
200
The most versatile inventor of all was ____________.
Who is Thomas Alva Edison.
200
The financial giant whose nickname was "Jupiter" was __________________.
What is J. P. Morgan.
300
In 1869, the "wedding of rails" occurred near _________.
What is Ogden, Utah.
300
On November 18, 1883, major rail lines decreed that the continent would be divided into __________.
What are "time zones."
300
The man who said the famous quote "The public be damned!" was ___________.
Who is William H. Vanderbilt.
300
Rockefeller's strategy of allying with competitors to monopolize a given market is known as ____________.
What is "horizontal integration."
300
Carnegie sold his holdings to J. P. Morgan for over ____________________.
What is $400 million.
400
The group that consisted of the chief financial backers of the Central Pacific Railroad was nicknamed the _________.
What is the Big Four.
400
Settlers following the railroads made ____________ on the praries of Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, and Nebraska.
What are rectangular cornfields.
400
The Surpreme Court decreed that individual states had no power to regulate interstate commerce in the famed _____________.
What is the Wabash case.
400
The tactic of an organization owning all phases of manufacturing a product is known as ________________.
What is "vertical integration."
400
The ______________________ wrought the transformation of steel output in the United States.
What is the Bessemer process.
500
The man that ran agricultural demonstrations through the "Hill Country" was _________.
Who is James J. Hill.
500
These were said to be "gorgeous traveling hotels" by some and "wheeled torture chambers" by others: __________.
What are Pullman Palace Cars.
500
In order to administer and enforce the Interstate Commerce Act, the __________________ was formed.
What is the Interstate Commerce Commission.
500
Edison's perfection of the _______________ transformed ancient human habits.
What is the light bulb.
500
William Kelly discovered the _________________ technique for eliminating impurities in steel.
What is "air boiling."
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