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photograph invented
helped to estalish history more easily -
bessemer process
was an easier and safer way to make steel -
oil was found in pennsylvania
the first oil that they found was called "rock oil" -
Homestead act
signed by abe lincoln meant to get people to move west by giving then 160 free acres -
homestead act
encourged western migration by giving everyone 160 acres for free -
national labor unions started
the national labor unions were started to protect workers that werent getting paid enough -
typewriter was invented
this was the first type writer to ne commercialy successful even though their were many variations of the typewriter -
transcontinental railroad was built
this helped to connect the entire unitd states so people could establish territory farther into the US -
airbrake invented
it was invented to make railway travel easier -
standard oil company started
used as an alt4ernative energy source for the USA -
telephone invented
the telephone was first invented by alexander graham bell. this invention helped to connect towns in an instant that were about 10000 miles away -
B and O railroad strike
massive financial strike -
lightbulb invented
helped so that people could work later in the factories and also when people did get home they had more time to spend with their family -
statue of liberty
it was a gift from the people of france they have an exact replica. -
haymarket square riot
was the after math of a bombing that took place after a labor union rally -
forest reserve act
allowed the president to establish national reserve land -
pullman strike
pitted the american railway -
standard oil dissolved by supreme court
ruled that it was the vioolation of the sherman act -
gospel of wealth published
helped us to understand the government