quiz 3 Flashcards
1
Q
- invented pullman car
- luxury car was brough (train car)
A
george pullman
2
Q
- safety feature
- stopping train is safer & faster
A
Sater - Air brakes
3
Q
Steel
A
replace iron
4
Q
time zones
A
1883 divide US into different time zones (railroad company). pacific, maritime, central, easter
5
Q
Drake - Oil Well
A
- titusville pennsylvania
- august 27 1959 oil well
- replacement for whale oil
6
Q
- invents morse code
- sent first telegram Jan 5, 1838
- western union (big telegram company)
A
Morse - Telegraph
7
Q
- invents telephone
- 1876
AHOY AHOY
A
Bell
8
Q
George Eastman
A
- photography
9
Q
Kodak Company - Roll Film
A
- roll film used in kodak cameras
10
Q
- setup a lab
- invented: phonograph, stopticker, dictaphone, INCADESCENT LIGHTBULB
- Edison electric power company
A
Thomas Edison
11
Q
AC/DC
A
Edison electric power company
AC: alternating current (long distance)
DC: direct current
big flaw in big current
12
Q
Tesla
A
- invented AC generators
- competitor with edison
13
Q
Westinghouse
A
- competitor with edison
14
Q
war of the currents
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- edison vs westinghouse
- animal execution –> electrocution –> electric chair
15
Q
Robber Barons - Gilded Age - Age of the Robber Barons
A
- nickname for rich people
- have a monopoly that makes them wealthy
- basically, steal from the working man
ex. American Tobacco
16
Q
Cornelius Vanderbilt - Railroad
A
- Vanderbilt controls the railroads and became rich from them
17
Q
John D. Rockefeller - oil - standard oil
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- gets into the oil business and purchases a refinery
- in 1870, he founds company (standard oil company of ohio)
- 90% of oil is now owned by standard oil
18
Q
- builds carnegie hall in NYC
- donates to various charitable organizations
A
Carnegie - Steel - Steel Mill
19
Q
JP Morgan - investment banker
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- invents railroads
- becomes a railroad Baron
- buys Carnegie company