CHAPTER 6 A NEW INDUSTRIAL AGE TEST REVIEW. SECTION 1.
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Transcript of CHAPTER 6 A NEW INDUSTRIAL AGE TEST REVIEW. SECTION 1.
WHO PERFECTED THE INCANDESCENT L IGHT BULB AT HIS RESEARCH LAB ORATORY IN MENLO
PARK, NJAND
DEVELOPED AN ENTIRE SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING AND
DISTRIBUTING ELECTRICAL POWER AND ORGANIZED POWER PLANTS
AROUND THE NATION?
WHAT WERE THREE MAJOR FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED
TO THE IMMENSE TECHNOLOGICAL BOOM THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE UNITED
STATES AFTER THE CIVIL WAR?
1 . A B U N D A N T N AT U R A L R E S O U R C E S 2 . A N E X P L O S I O N O F I N V E N T I O N S
3 . A R A P I D LY G R O W I N G U R B A N P O PU L AT I O N
WHAT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FORMED IN 1864 BY
OWNERS OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD USED IT TO
FRAUDULENTLY SKIM OFF RAILROAD PROFITS FOR
THEMSELVES?
IN WHICH SUPREME COURT CASE DID THE
STATES WIN THE RIGHT TO REGULATE RAILROADS FOR
THE BENEFITS OF FARMERS AND CONSUMERS?
WHAT ACT ESTABLISHED THE RIGHT OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO SUPERVISE RAILROAD ACTIVITIES AND ESTABLISH A FIVE-MEMBER INTERSTATE COMMISSION (ICC) FOR THAT PURPOSE?
L AY I N G T H O U S A N D S O F M I L E S O F T R A C K
P R OV I D I N G Q U I C K , C O M F O RTA B L E T R AV E L
E F F I C I E N T LY M OV I N G G O O D S A C R O SS VA S T R E G I O N S O F T H E N AT I O N
T H E S TA N D A R D I Z AT I O N O F T I M E M A D E D A I LY L I F E M O R E C O N V E N I E N T
S TA N D A R D I Z AT I O N O F T I M E S E E M E D A N A B U S E O F T H E R A I L R O A D S ’ P O W E R A N D
A N I N T R U S I O N O N T H E I R L I V E S
AV E R A G E A M E R I C A N S P R O B A B LY D I D N ’ T A P P R E C I AT E H O W R A I L R O A D
C O M PA N I E S T R E AT E D T H E I R W O R K E R S, D I S C R I M I N AT E D A G A I N S T FA R M E R S A N D
D R O V E T H E M I N T O D E B TE N G A G E D I N P O L I T I C A L C O R R U P T I O N A N D
T H E S T E A L I N G O F L A R G E S U M S O F M O N E Y.