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The process by which iron is truned into steel, patened by Henry Bessemer. The invention of steel led way to the creation of larger, taller cities. Andrew Carnagie capitolized on this process.
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For the second time, wages had been cut for workers on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) causing rail workers to strike. The movement began in Martinsburg, WV and eventually spread east toward Cumberland, MD and west to Chicago, IL. Federal troops were called in to end the strike.
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Edison opens the Pearl Street Power Station in Manhattan. This station provided electricity to 85 residents within a square mile.
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Begun by John D. Rockefeller, Standard Oil was the largest oil reiner in the world. It was the first and largest multinational corporation until 1911 when the Supreme Court ruled that Standard Oil was infact a monopoly.
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Hiram Maxim invents the first fully atutomatic, portable machine gun, the Maxim Gun. This invention changes the course of war and the world for the rest of time.
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Named after Senator John Sherman of Ohio, the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was the first step taken by the Federal Government to end trusts. The objective of this act was to allow Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
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Increased the amount of silver the US government had to purchase to cause inflation. Printing money instead of using silver currency would allow farmers to establish some wealth.
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Wounded Knee Massacre at Pine Ridge Reservation, SD which led to the death of Sitting Bull
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The nation's busiest immigrant inspection was opened in 1892. It belongs to both NY and NJ.
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Henry Flagler opens the first hotel in Southeast Florida. With this first hotel, a path for tourism in South Florida is paved
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Orginially intended to help with traffic flow by moving street cars underground, Boston opened the first American subway system. Today, Boston's Tremont St. tunnel is the oldest in the country.
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A 1906 bill that allowed the Interstate Commerce Commission to set maximum railroad rates. This passed the power over the rails to those shipping goods instead of railroad owners
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Beginning in 1910 southern blacks move north to cities such as Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland in search of work. This migration led to the rise of African American communities in the North.
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Over 2 million children under the age of 15 were employed in factories, mills, and plants. The conditions were horrible
