Ch. 18 &19 Review

He was a Railroad Baron

• George Westinghouse

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• George Pullman

• Gustavus Swift

He invented air brakes

• George Westinghouse

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• George Pullman

• Gustavus Swift

secret discounts offered by railroad companies

• pools

• time zones

• rebates

• standard gauge

4' 8.5"

• pools

• time zones

• rebates

• standard gauge

the practice of combining separate companies into one

• pools

• consolidation

• rebates

• cooperatives

He was in the "invention business"

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Cyrus Field

• George Eastman’s

• John Thurman

• Thomas Edison

He invented the telephone

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Cyrus Field

• Henry Ford

• John Thurman

• Thomas Edison

He introduced the Model T

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Cyrus Field

• Henry Ford

• John Thurman

• Thomas Edison

He was responsible for laying the first transatlantic telegraph cable

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Cyrus Field

• Henry Ford

• John Thurman

• Thomas Edison

a system with machines and workers arranged so that each person performs an assigned task

• mass production

• factory system

• assembly line

• chain stores