Chapter 6 True/ False – Flashcards

At promontory point, Utah, where the central Pacific and union pacific railroads met on may 10, 1869, a golden spike marked the linking of the nation by the first "transcontinental" railroad.

"J.P. Morgan" was an industrialist whose company produced standard railroad cars and elegant sleeping cars. his company town, which he hoped would ensure a stable workforce, was criticized as un american.

The stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad used the "Pullman company" to make huge, unearned profits for themselves.

In Munn v. Illinois, the states won the right to regulate the "railroads" to the benefit of farmers and other consumers.

The interstate commerce Act reestablished the right of the "railroad companies" to supervise railroad activities and set up the interstate commerce commission for that purpose.