invented an entire system for producing and distributing electrical power
Who is Thomas Edison
100
this railroad spand the U.S. from east to west
What is transcontinental railroad
100
this act established the right of the federal government to supervise railroad activities and establish a five member commission for that purpose
What is Interstate Commerce Act
100
the bessemer process used the technique of injecting this into molten iron
What is air
200
a process developed independently by a British manufacture and American ironmaker
What is Bessemer process
200
successfully used a steam engine to drill for oil near Titusville, Pennsylvania
Who is Edwin Drake
200
at the start of the civil war there were 30, 000 miles of railroad track by 1890 that increases nearly
What is 6 times greater
200
this was considered to be the worst depression up to this time: by the end of 1893 around 600 banks and 15,000 businesses had failed and by 1895 4 million people had lost their jobs
What is the panic of 1893
200
this professor proposed that the earths surface be divided
Who is C. F. Dowd
300
invented the telephone
Who is Alexander Graham Bell
300
originally oil was transformed for the use of
What is kerosene
300
the rail road brought this to many Americans
What is available land, adventure, and a fresh start
300
a process in which a company buys out his suppliers in order to control the market
What is vertical integration
300
this person built a factory for manufacturing sleepers and other railroad cars
Who is George M. Pullman
400
perfected the incandescent light bulb
Who is Thomas Edison
400
what are some of the bigger uses the text book gives for steel
What is railroads, barbed wire, farm machinary, bridges, and skyscrappers
400
these two nationalities of immigrants were used by the railroad to build their empire
What is Irish and Chinese
400
companies producing similar products merge together to form one company or owner
What is horizontal integration
400
the stockholders gave this company a contract to lay track at two to three times the actual cost and pocketed the profits
What is credit mobilier
500
invented the first sky scrapper with a steel frame
Who is William Le Baron Jenney
500
this American ironmaker help to develop the bessemer process
Who is William Kelly
500
in 1888 the first railroad statistics were published the casualities totaled more then _____ employees killed and the injuries were more then______
What is 2000 and 20,000
500
this act made it illegal to form a trust that interferred with free trade between states or with other countries
What is Sherman Antitrust Act
500
in this case the states won the right to regulate the railroadsfor the benefit of farmers and consumers