American during Late 1800's

First Oil Well on PA (Drake Well)

Sep 17, 1859

Drake Well is the first well made on PA.

Transcontinental Railroad is complete

Sep 17, 1869

The railroad line constructed in the United States between 1863 and 1869 west of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers to connect the Pacific coast at San Francisco Bay with the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Carnegie Steel Company is formed

Sep 17, 1870

Carnegie forms the first mill after buying "Edgar Thomson Steel Works"

Rockerfeller founds Standard Oil

Sep 17, 1870

Rockerferller founds Standard Oil during the 1870s. After buying almost every Oil Company, he monopolizes them.

Bell patents the phone

Sep 17, 1876

Alexander Graham Bell makes the phone. To protect the right that he made the phone, he makes a patent: a ceritifacate that says he made the phone.

The first White House phone

Sep 17, 1876

The first phone was installed on the White House after AGB made the phone.

Edison improves the bulb

Sep 17, 1879

The famous inventor Thomas Edison improves the light bulb by changing the core for another piece. Now it can burn up to 13 hours.

Railroads divide and create the Time Zones

Sep 17, 1879

Times zones are imaginary lines that determine what time the place has depending on its location. Railroads helped made the divison

First Electric Trolley is made

Sep 17, 1883

Philadelphia makes the first Electric Trolley to travel around.

Sherman Anti-trust Act is passed

Jul 2, 1892

A "failed" attempt to take the down the wealthy people from making trusts between eah other. It was quickly taken down

J.P. Morgan founds U.S. Steel

Sep 17, 1901

J.P. Morgan buys Carnegie Steel. Later on, he changes the company to U.S. Steel.