Inventions
Famous People
Economic Systems
Railroads
Major Industries
100
This is a device that was invented in 1876 and enabled people to communicate verbally over distances.
What is the Telephone
100
This man is credited with inventing the world's first Telephone. A service provider was once named after him.
What is Alexander Graham Bell
100
Beam me up Scotty. This is a term to describe business that is dictated by the laws of supply and demand, not government.
What is Free Enterprise.
100
Watch the clock. Railways offered a means for people to travel to great distances. If you traveled from PHL to LAX, you would be in a different...
What is Time Zone
100
These are places that individuals flocked too for employment. Generally found in the cities. Even kids worked here.
What is Factories
200
This invention provides light by generating a live electric current inside of a glass fixture.
What is the Light Bulb
200
This person is credited with inventing the world's first incandescent light bulb.
What is Thomas Alva Edison
200
Just throw it in the bag. This is a term to describe the incentive that lured workers to the factories.
What is Profit Motive.
200
Leave it to the Yankees. This railway employed over 10,000 people and was guided by engineer Grenville Dodge.
What is the Union Pacific.
200
This was a major transportation system that revolutionized the way individuals and goods were transported across great distances.
What is Railways
300
This 'phanmous' device was invented in 1877 and enabled people to listen to sound recordings
What is the Phonograph.
300
This person was known as 'the colonel' and is credited with founding the first oil drill.
What is Edwin Drake
300
Don't get lazy. This term translates literally to, "let people do as they choose".
What is Laissez-Faire
300
Shoot for the center. Cornelius Vanderbilt was an incredible railway engineer, he actually began construction on this huge terminal in New York.
What is Grand Central
300
Extra! Extra! These were large printing outfits that produced the latest media for all to read.
What is Newspaper factories.
400
This was a type of automatic device that enabled people to produce cloth at an astounding rate!
What is the Northrop Automatic Loom
400
Answer me if you want to live. This person was apart of the 'big four' and eventually made huge fortunes from their railway investment. He was also the governor of California.
What is Leland Stanford
400
I built it ground up, you bought it renovated! This term is used to describe those who've taken the financial risk to open their own business.
What is Entrepreneurs.
400
Au Revoir Madame! This construction company set up several stock-holders of the Union Pacific, including Oakes Ames, a member of congress. It is also a company riddled in scandal and is credited with establishing the Transcontinental Railroad.
What is Credit Mobilier
400
What you cookin? This natural resource provides a means for production. It is still highly sought after today, and many believe the war that the U.S. is currently involved in is being fought over this.
What is Oil
500
Gustavus Swift hired an engineer to develop this type of a railway car.
What is Refrigerated.
500
Don't get bit by the Viper! This man was a former Union general, became an engineer, and helped establish the Union Pacific railway.
What is Grenville Dodge
500
If you're going to college you'd best look into something like this. This is a term used to describe funds given by the federal government to encourage railway construction.
What is Land Grants
500
Into the great wide open! James J. Hill built and operated this railroad from St. Paul, MN to Everett, WA without any federal land grants of subsidies.
What is Great Northern
500
Eat your perogies! This major industry produces a hard and rigid skeleton for buildings, cars, trains, and beyond.
What is Steel
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