Ch. 6 Sect. 1-2

False-Pullman

(J.P. Morgan) was an industrialist whose company produced standard railroad cars and elegant sleeping cars. His company town, which he hoped would ensure a stable workforce, was criticized as "un-American."

true

At Promontory Point, Utah, where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads met on May 10, 1869, a golden spike marked the linking of the nation by the first transcontinental railroad.

Henry Bessemer

Developed an efficient technique for transforming iron into steel.

true

In Munn v. Illinois, the states won the right to regulate the railroads for the benefit of farmers and other consumers.

Edwin L. Drake

Introduced an efficient means of retrieving oil from beneath the earth's surface

Alexander Graham Bell

Invented the telephone

Christopher Sholes

Invented the typewriter

Thomas Alva Edison

Perfected the incandescent light bulb at his research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Developed an entire system for producing and distributing electrical power and organized power plants around the nation.

False-federal government

The Interstate Commerce Act reestablished the right of the (railroad companies) to supervise railroad activities and set up the Interstate Commerce Commission for that purpose.

False-credit Mobilier

The stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad used the (Pullman Company) to make huge, unearned profits for themselves.