Chapter 19 Vocabulary

Worked hard at a task?

• labored

• consolidation

• rebates

• pools

Combining separate companies

• railroad baron

• standard gauge

• consolidation/merger

• rebates

Powerful people who controlled the nation's rail traffic

• standard gauge

• rebates

• railroad barons

• pools

Measurement for railroad track (4ft 8.5 in) used by all companies

• rebates

• pools

• standard gauge

• transmitted

Secret discounts given to big customers

• pools

• transmitted

• rebates

• mechanism

Secret agreements among powerful individuals

• transmitted

• mechanism

• pools

• rebates

Transmitted

• sent

• received

• pools

• rebates

What is a mechanical device?

• invention

• model T

• mechanism

• assembly line

What was the first affordable and efficient car made by Henry Ford called?

• model T

• assembly line

• mass production

• trend

Workers performing an assigned production task over and over

• assembly line

• mass production

• trend

• mergers