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.