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typewriter invention
invetion of mechanical machine for writing -
telephone invetion
Alexander Graham Bell invented way to communicate -
bessemer process
first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron prior to the open hearth furnace -
PA oil rush
oil rush began in Titusville, Pennsylvania when colonel edwin l. drake struck oil rock -
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
first national labor federation in the United States -
railway air break
railway brake power braking system with compressed air as the operating medium -
1st transcontinental RR built
linkeed the well developed railway network of the Eastern coast with rapidly growing California -
standard oil company
was an American transporting, refining, and marketing company established by John D Rockerfeller -
phonograph invented
invented by Thomas Edison, he created a way to record sound -
the great railroad srike
labor union weren't dissolved; these were spontaneous outbreaks in numerous cities of vilence against railroads -
lightbulb invented
the lightbulb was invented -
haymarket square riot
a labor protest rally near Chicago's Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police that caused the death of at least 8 people -
statue of liberty
colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City -
forrest reserve act
law that allowed the President of the United States to set aside forest reserves from the land in the public domain -
homestead strike
was an industrial lockout and strike -
Pullman strike
a nationwide railroad strike against the Pullman company -
Carnegie sell to JP Morgan
The nation's largest steel company founded by Andrew Carnegie, sold to JP Morgan for $480 million -
standard oil dissolved by supreme court
Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act -
gospel of wealth published
article written by Andrew Carnegie in June of 1889 that describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self-made rich
