Gilded Age/Progressivism

Invented the air brake system for the train

• George Westinghouse

• Thomas Edison

• John D Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

The ___________________ was the belief that the United States was destined to control lands from east coast to west coast.

What type conditions made it difficult to travel by railroad prior to new inventions?

• dirty, coal covered conditions

• no cars designed for people

• time invested

• All of the above

Who invented the passenger car for railroad?

• George Westinghouse

• Pullman Car Company

• Thomas Edison

• Andrew Carnegie

How did the improvements in the railroad change society?

• "Shrunk the country"

• put us on a schedule

• created towns and communities

• All of the above

• None of the above

What was the rail line connecting the east to the west?

• Putman rail

• Chatanooga Express

• Transcontintal Railroad

• Morgan Rail line

Where did the transcontinental railroad get completed?

• New Mexico

• Sacramento, California

• Promontory Summit Point, Utah

• it never was completed

How did Cornelius Vanderbilt earn his money?

• Steel

• Railroad

• Oil

• Banking

Who was the United States first billionaire?

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• J.P. Morgan

What made Rockefeller's approach to business different and effective?

• He paid his employees well

• He discovered how to make money off of his waste products.

• He did not make great profits

• None of the above