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Cornelius Vanderbilt
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patriarch of the Vanderbilt family
1794- 1877 an American entrepreneur that made money from shipping & railroads |
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New York Central Railroad
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railroad operating in the northeastern US & headquartered in new york
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Federal Land Grants
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land grants for railroads
1865-1900 |
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Transcontinental Railroad
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a railroad line that connected the east to the west
1869 |
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Jay Gould
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American railroad developer & speculator & his successes made him the 9th richest American in history
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Panic of 1893
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economic depression in the US marked by the collapse of railroad overbuilding & a series of bank failures
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J.P Morgan
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American financier & banker that dominated corporate
1837- 1913 |
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Bessemer Process
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first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel
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Andrew Carnegie
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scottish american industrialist, businessman, entrepreneur, & major philanthropist
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