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Oil and steel
100
Railroads where given more land then the size of this US state
What is texas
100
The college started by Cornellius Vanderbilt
What is Vanderbilt University
100
This caused farmers into protesting against being "railroaded" into bankruptcy
What is the depression of the 1870s
200
The ethnicity was used for cheap labor in building railroads
What is the Chinese
200
The man who introduced the steel rail, replacing the iron rail
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt
200
The year when America become number 1 in the world in manufacturing
What is 1894
200
The man who invented the light bulb
Who is Thomas Edison
200
Americas first billion dollar corporation
What is United States Steel Corporation
300
The year was the first transcontinental railroad completed in the US
What is 1869
300
The family became known for the phrase "the public be damned"
Who are the Vanderbilts
300
The average price per acre of land in the 1880's used to build the railroad
What is 3 dollars
300
Decreed that individual states had no power to regulate interstate commerce
What is the Wabash Case
300
Replaced the term "king cotton" because this material was the most important of the time
What is Steel
400
The major rail lines decreed that the continent would be divided into this on November 18, 1883
What are the 4 time zones.
400
The favorite device used by manipulative moguls of railroad promotion in their corruption
What is stock watering
400
The raw new aristocracy that replaced the southern “lords of the lash.”
Who are the Lords of the rail
400
President during the Interstate Commerce Act
Who is President Cleveland
400
The founder of Standard OIl Company
Who is John D. Rockefeller
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