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Ch. 9 Sections 1 & 2

The Rise of Industry

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the total value of all goods and services prodced by a country gross national product
in 1859, drilled the first oil well near titusville, pennsylvania Edwin Drake
"let people do as they choose" laissez-faire
people who risk their capital in organizing and running a business entrepreneurs
reversed years of declining tariffs Morrill Tariff
In 1876, a Scottish-American invented the telephone Alexander Graham Bell
one of the most famous inventors of the late 1800's Thomas Alva Edison
this act provided for the construction of a transcontinental railroad by two corporations, the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railroad companies Pacific Railway Act
a former union general, the union pacific began pushing westward from Omaha, Nebraska, in 1865 Grenville Dodge
became governor of California and later served as a U.S. senator after foudning standord University in 1885 Leland Stanford
a former boat captain who had built the largest steamboat fleet in america Cornelius Vanderbilt
regions where the same time was kept time zones
person who often practiced "insider trading" Jay Gould
was a construction company set up by several stockholders of the union pacific, including Oakes Ames Credit Mobilier
Built and operated teh Great Northern Railroad from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Everett, Washington, without any federal land grants or subsidies. James J. Hill
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