The Industrial Age-CH. 20

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

• Consolidation

• Integration

• Collaboration

• Merger

Who were the powerful business leaders that controlled the railroads?

• Railroad barons

• Industrial magnates

• Steel tycoons

• Oil barons

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

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• J.P. Morgan

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

• Standard gauge

• Rail width

• Track distance

• Rail span

Who developed the Pullman sleeping car?

• George Pullman

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Ford

• Alexander Graham Bell

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

• Rebate

• Refund

• Discount

• Credit

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

• Pools

• Alliances

• Syndicates

• Cartels

What are messages sent by telegraph called?

• Telegrams

• Emails

• Letters

• Faxes

Who laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean?

• Cyrus Field

• Samuel Morse

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

What does "transatlantic" mean?

• Across the Atlantic Ocean

• Across the Pacific Ocean

• Across the Indian Ocean

• Across the Arctic Ocean