MR. COX INDUSTRIALIZATION FA26 p1

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Union Pacific

This Railroad company began building the transcontinental railroad from its eastern starting point in Omaha, Nebraska, with Irish immigrants

<p>This Railroad company began building the transcontinental railroad from its eastern starting point in Omaha, Nebraska, with Irish immigrants</p>
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Central Pacific

the railroad company based on the West Coast that helped build the transcontinental railroad; starting point was Sacramento, California

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Transcontinental Railroad

Completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system, revolutionizing transportation in the west

<p>Completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system, revolutionizing transportation in the west</p>
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GNP

Gross National Product - the sum of all goods and services produced in a nation in a year

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Mesabi Range

A section of low hills in Minnesota iron found in 1887, it was a source of iron ore for steel production.

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Thomas Edison

American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb, acoustic recording on wax cylinders, and motion pictures.

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Alexander Graham Bell

American inventor and educator; his interest in electrical and mechanical devices to aid people with hearing impairments led to the development and patent of the telephone

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George Westinghouse

An American entrepreneur and engineer who invented the railroad and the air brake. Also worked to make electricity more practical and cheaper.

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Credit Mobiler

Construction company formed in 1864 by owners of the Union Pacific RR, used it to dishonestly skim railroad profits for themselves

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Robber Baron

Refers to the industrialists or big business owners who gained huge profits by paying their employees extremely low wages. They also drove their competitors out of business by selling their products cheaper than it cost to produce it. Then when they controlled the market, they hiked prices high above original price.

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Time Zone

24 hour zones that 1,000 miles apart from the other, each one is an hour before or after the one next to it, helps to differentiate between the differnt times from one point on the Earth to another point.

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Industrialization

The large scale conversion of raw materials into finished products through the use of machines and factories