Chapter 19 Notes

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Transcontinental railroad completed in 1869.

Trains played an important role in the economic growth of the country and the Civil War, especially for the North (Union).

Tarriers – refers to railroad workers during the late 1800’s.

page 557• Consolidation-

combining of companies (usually made the smaller companies run better)

• Cornelius Vanderbilt - railroad baron

• railroad barons played an important role in building the nations transportation system.

• Railroads expanded the economy

• railroad caused other industries to grow

page 558• Railroad technology changed to a

standard gauge so that cars from all rails would fit.

• Gustavus Swift - invented the refrigerated car

• George Pullman - invented the sleeping car and the dining car

page 559

• Larger companies forced the smaller companies out of business with underhanded business practices.

• Timezones were developed because of the railroad schedules and the trains redistributed the population.

Page 560

• Timezones

Use the map on page 560 and be able to answers questions about time zones.

Section 2 page 561-566

• Thomas Edison-invented the light bulb, etc.• Alexander Graham Bell- invented the telephone• Henry Ford- invented the assembly line, Model T• George Eastman- invented a smaller camera• Granville Woods- patented 35 inventions• Cyrus Field- laid telegraph cable across the

Atlantic Ocean

Section 3 page 567-571

• Andrew Carnegie- philanthropist steel company (libraries,museums) • John D. Rockefeller- Standard Oil

• Look up information about Edwin Drake

patent- document that gives an inventor the sole legal right to an invention for a period of time

merger- the combining of two or more businesses into onetrust- a combination of firms or corporations formed by a

legal agreement , especially to reduce competition

Section 4 page 572-575

• Mary Harris Jones- labor union leader• Eugene V. Debs- Pullman strike leader• Look up information on the steelworkers’ union

sweatshops- a shop or factory where workers work long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions

strikebreakers- person hired to replace a striking worker in order to break up a strike

collective bargaining- discussion between an employer and union representatives of workers over wages, hours, and working conditions

Don’t forget your test coming soon.

Test Date

Tuesday 9-29-15