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6 Cards in this Set
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Island communities
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Widely separated cities and villages that were in isolation and need for self sufficiency
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Credit Mobilier
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A construction company controlled by an inner ring on the Union Pacific. Bribed congressmen and state legislatures to avoid investigation of its activities.
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trunk lines
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Railroad lines that intended to link eastern seaports with the rich traffic of the Great Lakes and western rivers.
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railroad gauge
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The width of the track on a railroad. It was specialized by different companies in order to promote exclusion. Was standardized when the rail companies were consolidated.
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J. Edgar Thomson
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He built the fourth trunk line, the Pennsylvania Railroad which initially ran from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.
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Thomas Scott
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Built the fourth trunk line along with Edgar Thomson
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