gilded age By davyb843 Jan 1, 1856 Bessemer Process way to extract carbon from steel Jan 1, 1859 oil in PA oil was in PA May 20, 1862 Homestead act the homestead act was passed Feb 25, 1866 National labor union NLU was formed Jul 1, 1867 Typewriter invented The typewritter was invented May 10, 1869 TCRR completed Sep 28, 1869 airbreak invented this was a break for the railroads Jan 1, 1870 Standard Oil Company founded Mar 10, 1876 Telephone was invented Jan 1, 1877 phonograph invented Jul 20, 1877 B and O railroad strike Nov 1, 1879 light bulb invented May 4, 1886 Haymarket square riot Oct 28, 1886 statue of liberty opened Jun 1, 1889 gospel of wealth written Mar 3, 1891 forest reserve act Jun 30, 1892 Homestead strike May 11, 1894 Pullman strike Jan 1, 1901 JP morgan buys from Carnegie Jan 1, 1911 standard oil company dissolved