RAILROAD SPURS INDUSTRY 2022

4. several railroad companies agreed to divide up the business in an area. Then, they fixed shipping prices at a high level.
6. WHAT WAS CORNELIUS' SONS NAME?
7. _____allow us to draw parallels between the past and the present.
8. What was the disease called that was suffered by people who'd come through railway accidents with complaints of pain but few or no signs of physical injurY?
12. What industry made Rockefeller incredibly important and wealthy during this time?
16. THIS WAS AN ACT THAT WAS BASED ON TIME ZONES.
17. Who wrote the book Confessions of an Opium Eater?
20. He invented the air brake,
23. ILLINOIS HAD HOW MANY LOCAL TIMES?
26. discounts, to their biggest customers.
27. WHO WAS THE CARTOONIST WHO PORTRAYED THE RAILROAD AS A MONSTER THROUGH AMERICAN FARMLAND?
29. WHO WAS THE MAN ON THE MONOPOLY GAME?
30. HOW MANY MILES OF TRACK DID VANDERBILTS OWN BEFORE HE DIED?
31. What sense was affected most by railroads (based on the video)

1. What was Cornelius Vanderbilt's nickname?
2. HE was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping in the mid-to-late 1800s following the Civil War.
3. What industry made Morgan incredibly important and wealthy during this time?
5. What was the most important profession in the 19th century (1800s)?
9. What was a new technology that came during this time, that allowed for the spread of knowledge?
10. THE WIDTH OF THE RAILROAD TRACK IS CALLED....
11. Cornelius Vanderbilt was a great...
13. The money man from Monopoly (created during the Great Depression) was based on who?
14. HE FINISHED THE LAST RAIL LINE IN 1893
15. By the mid 1800s, what city was becoming the most important port in North America?
18. A SYSTEM OF CONNECTED LINES.
19. COMBINE SMALL R.R. COMPANIES TO LARGER ONES
21. What industry made Carnegie incredibly important and wealthy during this time?
22. HOW MANY R.R. COMPANIES DID THE PENNSYLVANIA R.R. CONSOLIDATE?
24. allowed an engineer to stop all the railroad cars at once.
25. DISCOUNTS TO THEIR BIGGEST COSTUMERS.
28. HOW MANY MILES OF NEW TRACK WAS CHANGED IN THE SOUTH?