Industrialization Key Terms

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1. Cornelius Vanderbilt

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May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877
also known by the sobriquet Commodore,[1] was an American entrepreneur.
He built his wealth in shipping and railroads and was the patriarch of the Vanderbilt family and one of the richest Americans in history.

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2. New York Central Railroad

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a rail road operating in the northeaetern united states.

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3. Federal land Grants 1865-1900

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4. Transcontinental Railroad

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it was also know as the pacific railroad, was a railroad line built in the United States of America between 1863 and 1869 by the Central Pacific Railroad of California and the Union Pacific Railroad that connected its statutory Eastern terminus at Council Bluffs, Iowa/Omaha, Nebraska with the Pacific Ocean at Oakland,

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5. Jay Gould

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May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892
was a leading American railroad developer and speculator. He has long been vilified as an archetypal robber baron,

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6. Panic of 1893

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a serious economic depression in the United States
his panic was marked by the collapse of railroad overbuilding and shaky railroad financing which set off a series of bank failures.was considered the worst depression the United States had ever experienced.

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7. J.P. Morgan

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April 17, 1837 - March 31, 1913
was an American financier, banker and art collector who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation during his time.

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8. Bessemer Process

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The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron. The process is named after its inventor, Henry Bessemer,

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9. Andrew Carnegie

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November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919
was a Scottish-American industrialist, businessman, entrepreneur and a major philanthropist.

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10. Vertical Integration

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