Age of Railroads Vocabulary

George Pullman

• Inventor of the typewriter

• Owner of a railroad-car factory who built his own town for employees

• Owner of a steel company that provided steel for rails

• Inventor of the steam powered locomotive

Transcontinental Railroad

• A railroad that crosses under the ocean to connect North America to Asia

• railroad that crosses the entire country

• A super high speed railroad that uses ACME rockets

• A railroad that connects Ohio to Michigan

Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Major figure in the expansion of regional railroads

• Creator of the Iphone 12

• Helped Rudolph on the Island of Misfit Toys

• Inventor of the sleeping car

Credit Mobilier

• Provided ATM machines that could be moved around to different banks

• Borrowing money to pay of debts

• A type of railroad that has a maximum capacity of 2 people

• Name of the company involved in stealing money from the government and lying about how much track was being built

Munn v. Illinois

• Court case granted Freedom of Speech to all U.S. citizens

• Court case that gave government right to regulate private industry

• Court case that established Due Process

• The winner of this battle will get to face Jake Paul in November

Interstate Commerce Act

• Law granting Congress authority to regulate railroad activities

• Law granting the President to regulate horseback riding activities

• Law granting the government to regulate State activities

• Law granting Congress authority to raise taxes on citizens

Supply

• refers to the amount of a good or service

• refers to the amount of that product the consumers are willing or able to purchase

Demand

• refers to the amount of a good or service

• refers to the amount of that product the consumers are willing or able to purchase