Inventions
Vocab
ETC
100
A gauge that allowed faster shipment of goods at a reduced coast
What is a standard gauge
100
Hard worker
What is a Laborer
100
to combine for shared use
What is Pool
200
invented the refrigerated carts
Who is Gustavus Swift
200
a person
What is an individual
200
Small group of people who controlled all of the railroad trafic
What is Railroad barons
300
invented airbrakes for trains
Who is George Westinghouse
300
secret discounts
What is Rebate
300
Railroads expaneded because of this
What is Consolidation
400
Invented Jenny Car Couplers
Who is Eli Janney
400
combining two corporations to form a new one.
What is Consolidation
400
Railroad stimulated the economy by
What is by carrying goods faster
500
Developed the sleeping car
Who is George Pullman
500
system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought in a country
What is economy
500
How did the railroads change America
What is More people were moving out west
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