1. USH (5:2) ● The Railroads ● Pacific Railway Act (1862) – Began railroad boom – Two companies offered as much land as they could take ● The Transcontinental Railroad

2. (5:2)

3. ● Railroads create “time zones” (1883)

4. (5:2) ● Scandals in the Railroad Industry ● “Credit Mobilier” (1872) – Construction company created by several stock holders of Union Pacific Railroad

5. (5:2) ● Robber Barons ● Corrupt railroad and business owners

6. (5:2) Famous Robber Barons ● John D. Rockefeller – Standard Oil

7. (5:2) ● John Jacob Astor – Fur, real estate

8. (5:2) ● Andrew Carnegie – Steel

9. (5:2) ● J.P. Morgan – Banking, steel

10. (5:2) ● Milton Hershey – Chocolate

11. (5:2) ● Andrew Mellon – finance