Whose company made sleeper cars?
George M. Pullman
What race was making $40 to $60 a month plus free meals (the most that anyone was being paid)?
White
By 1856 the railroads extended west to what river?
Mississippi River
Who said the idea of Pullman is "Un-American"?
Richard Ely
What form of exchange was promoted when people started linking isolated cities, towns, and settlements with railroads?
Trade
Industries like iron, coal, steel, lumber, and what grew?
Glass
Who proposed that Earths surface was divided into 24 time zones?
Professor C. F. Dowd
This was the first of these built in America, and a golden spike ceremony marked when it was complete.
Transcontinental Railroads
Who was disturbed by railroad corruption?
Farmers
Who's new train network cut the travel time in half?
Cornelius Vanderbelt
A construction company formed in 1864 that shared their stock to about 20 people in congress in 1867.
Credit Mobilier
What cause the worst recession in American history?
The Panic of 1893
Who linked railroad lines to Florida, to use the warm climate to attract northerners?
Henry Flager
What act reestablished the right of the federal government to supervise railroad activities and set up a five-member ICC.
Interstate Commerce Act
What reasons were farmers angry with railroad companies?
Misuse of government land grants, kept farmers in debt