American History 2 Chapter 19 Section 1 & 2 Quiz Review

railroad barons

Controlled the nation's rail traffic

Gustavus Swift

Created the refrigerated railroad car

Standard Gauge

By the late 1800s, almost all railroad companies had adopted this; which allowed faster shipment of goods at a reduced cost.

Four Hundred Thousand

The number of patents issued by the U.S. government between 1860 and 1880.

Model T

Henry Ford's first mass produced automobile that revolutionized the auto industry.

Iron

Used to make steel

Christopher Sholes

Invented the typewriter

Coal

Used to fuel trains

Henry Ford

Creator of the moving assembly line

Jan E. Matzellger

Created a shoe making machine

John Thurman

Invented the vacuum cleaner

Electric Lightbulb

Thomas Edison's most important invention

George M. Pullman

Developed a luxury sleeping car for railroad travel

George Eastman

Invented the Kodak box camera

George Westinghouse

Developed air brakes for stopping trains

Steel

Used to lay tracks starting around 1880

Cyrus Field

Laid a telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean.

Timber

Used to make railway ties

Rebates

What railroad companies gave their biggest customers in order to ensure their returning business

Assembly Line

This invention allowed manufacturers to produce large quantities of goods more quickly and for less money