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US History #5
Chapter 5 Section 2
Term | Definition |
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Time Zone - | a geographical region in which the same standard time is kept |
Land Grant - | a grant of land by the federal government |
Pacific Railway Act - | provided for the construction of a transcontinental railroad by two corporations. |
Grenville Dodge - | former Union general |
Leland Stanford - | grocer |
Cornelius Vanderbuilt - | one of the most successful railroad consolidators |
Jay Gould - | notoriously corrupt railroad owner |
Credit Mobilier - | construction company set up by several stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad |
James J. Hill - | built and operated the Great Northern Railroad. |