The Industrial Age-CH. 20

Front

What is the practice of combining different companies into one called?

Back

Consolidation

Front

Who were the powerful business leaders that controlled the railroads?

Back

Railroad barons

Front

Who was one of the first railroad barons, controlling from New York to the Great Lakes?

Back

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Front

What is the term for the distance between rails agreed upon by railroad companies?

Back

Standard gauge

Front

Who developed the Pullman sleeping car?

Back

George Pullman

Front

What is a discount or return of part of a payment given to big customers called?

Back

Rebate

Front

What is the term for a group sharing in some activity, like railroad barons making deals?

Back

Pools

Front

What are messages sent by telegraph called?

Back

Telegrams

Front

Who laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean?

Back

Cyrus Field

Front

What does "transatlantic" mean?

Back

Across the Atlantic Ocean