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Tyoewriter
A mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing in characters similar to those produced by printer's movable type -
Telephone invented
Alexander Graham Bell is the father of the telephone. After all it was his design that was first patented, however, he was not the first inventor to come up with the idea of a telephone. -
Bessemer Process discovered
The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron prior to the open hearth furnace. -
Oil in PA
The Pennsylvania oil rush was a boom in petroleum production which occurred in northwestern Pennsylvania from 1859 to the early 1870s. -
Homestead Act
Encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land. -
National Labor Union started
The first national labor federation in the United States. -
Airbrake
The Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) was founded on September 28, 1869 by George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. -
Transcontinental Railroad
Known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") -
Standard Oil Company Started
Standard Oil Co. Inc. was an American oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. -
B & O Railroad Strike
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, sometimes referred to as the Great Upheaval, ... of wages for the third time in a year by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad -
Phonograph Invented
Thomas Edison created many inventions, but his favorite was the phonograph. -
Lightbulb Invented
British inventors were demonstrating that electric light was possible with the arc lamp -
Haymarket Square Riot
a labor protest rally near Chicago's Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. -
Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. -
Forest Reserve Act
a law that allowed the President of the United States to set aside forest reserves from the land in the public domain. -
Homestead Strike
also known as the Homestead Steel Strike or Homestead Massacre, was an industrial lockout and strike -
Pullman Strike
Was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States. -
Carneque sells to J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan undertook the largest business transaction in modern history, the purchase of Carnegie Steel. -
Standard Oil dissolved by Supreme Court
the Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. -
Gospel of Wealth Published
"Wealth", more commonly known as "The Gospel of Wealth", is an article written by Andrew Carnegie in June of 1889 that describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self-made rich.
