Ch. 19 Flashcards
James j hill
Built the great northern line (another railroad baron)
Gustavious swift
Developed refrigerated cars
George westinghouse
Made air breaks
Great northern line
Between Minnesota and washington state
Who invented the Telegraph
Samuel morse
Who invented the telephone
Alexander graham bell
Who invented the light bulb/patents and research lab
Thomas edison
Who made transformers
G. Westinghouse
Who invented the assembly line/cars
Henry ford
Who invented the airplane
The wright brothers
Who was involved in the steel industry
Andrew carnegie
Who was involved in the standard oil company
John Rockefeller
What was the sherman antitrust act
It protected trade and commerce
What did the child labor laws state
That children had to be at least 12 to work, and should not work more than 10 hours a day.
What is consolidation
The practice of combing seperate companies
What is a rebate
A secret discount
What was a standard gauge
The width of the railroad track
What was a pool
Secret agreements among the railroad barons
Cornelius vanderbuilt
Ons of the first railroad barons
What was the assembly line
A less expensive way to manufacture cars
What is a mass production
When manufacturers produce large quantities of goods more quickly
What is a corporation
A company that sold shares
What is a stock
Shares
What are shareholders
Partial owners
