Across
- 3. the american oil industry was built on the demand for this; used in stoves and lanterns
- 4. invented the ice machine
- 6. Made it possible to send messages across the sea in an instant
- 8. Shrewd business genius, who was leader of fast-growing steel industry
- 9. carried miners from the east to the west and transported resources
- 12. invented the lightbulb
- 16. used his millions earned from a steamboat business to merge local railroads into the New York Central Railroad in 1867
- 18. the process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods
- 20. this was in high demand and could be turned into kerosene
- 23. a place in new york is named after him; Took charge of the chaotic oil refinery business. His company was known as the Standa
- 24. An economic system with little or no government regulation
- 25. Salaried workers whose jobs generally do not involve manual labor
Down
- 1. Developed an air break for railroads and a transformer for producing high-voltage alternating current
- 2. Process for making large quanities of steel by blasting air through molten iron produced high quality steel.
- 5. many resources were located in this area
- 7. Ran from New York City to Chicago and operated more than 4,500 miles of track
- 10. a banker, who took control of the bankrupt railroads and consolidate them
- 11. a policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation’s economy
- 13. to do something repeatedly so it becomes the standard
- 14. one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterpris
- 15. materials used in the production process, such as money, people, land, wood, or stee
- 17. invented the telephone
- 19. tax on imports or exports between sovereign states
- 21. An instrument used for talking to people over distances; big improvement in communication
- 22. the total value of all goods and services that a country produces during a yea
