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20-21st Chapter 6
Vocabulary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Edwin L. Drake | Successfully used a steam engine to drill for oil in Pennsylvania |
| Bessemer Process | The process of making steel that injects air into the molten iron to make it more pure |
| Thomas Alva Edison | He established the world's first research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey |
| Christopher Sholes | He invented the typewriter in 1867 |
| Alexander Graham Bell | He invtented the telephone |
| transcontinental railroad | a railroad line that goes across a continent |
| George M. Pullman | Owned a factory to build sleepers cars and other types of railroad cars |
| Credit Mobilier | A construction company built to build railroads at two to three times the actual cost |
| Munn v Illinois | The Supreme Court case deciding the Granger laws |
| Interstate Commerce Act | A group built to supervise the railroad and other companies |