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rockerfeller
John D. Rockefeller was born July 8, 1839, in Richford, New York. He built his first oil refinery near Cleveland and in 1870 incorporated the Standard Oil Company. By 1882 he had a near-monopoly of the oil business in the U.S, but his business practices led to the passing of antimonopoly laws. Late in life Rockefeller devoted himself to philanthropy. He died in 1937. -
bessmer process
the first method discovered for mass-producing steel from iron.
created by Hennry Bessemer made a revolutionary means of removing impurities from pig iron by an air blast. this being a huge leap forward in the industrial revalution allowing such inventions as train tracks to be made from steel.
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transcontinental railroad completed
a railroad linking America's east and west coasts the laying of over 2000 miles of track that stretched through some the most forbidding landscape on the continent. that was fineshed in 1848 this made travling better for people and goods across the contry -
edwin drake
His success launched an Oil Rush and brought the world a new energy source. edwin James Townsend hired Drake to investigate Titusville, Pennsylvania for oil deposits. edwin had found that oil was a much cheeper and easier to obtain then whale oil. this let home be lit for a fraction of the cost it was before. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/drake_hi.html -
pullmans strike
The Pullman Strike was a disturbing event in Illinois history. It occurred because of the way George Mortimer Pullman, founder and president of the Pullman Palace Car Company, treated his workers. Organized in 1867, the company manufactured sleeping cars and operated them under contract to the railroads. this got others thinking that they were being treated unfair.http://www.lib.niu.edu/1994/ihy941208.html -
alexander graham bell
the origanal steve jobs. alexander grahm bell.
In the 1870s, two inventors Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell both independently designed devices that could transmit speech electrically (the telephone). he succseed and made communacations much faster and improved to be better then letters.http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/telephone.htm -
interstate commerse act
During the 1870s, many Americans (particularly farmers) began to resent the apparent stranglehold the railroads exerted over many parts of the country. However, the postwar presidents and many in Congress resisted intervention in economic matters.
Early efforts to bring some form of regulation to the giants were made at the state level, but those measures were later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
In 1887, Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act which created the Interstate Commerce -
jpmorgan
J.P. Morgan was born on April 17, 1837, in Hartford, Connecticut. After working for his father, he started his own private banking company in 1871, which became J.P. Morgan & Co. His company was so powerful that even the U.S. government looked to the firm for help with the depression of 1895. The government later filed suit against the company over concerns about monopolies. -
christopher Sholes
Christopher Sholes invented the first practical typewriter and introduced the keyboard layout that is familiar today. The rearranged keys in the upper row formed the order QWERTY, and the design exists to this day. this was a huge impact on writing letters becuse it was faster and more efficent. becuse of this communacations were better.http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/168.html -
credit mobilier
The Crédit Mobilier scandal of 1872-1873 damaged the careers of several Gilded Age politicians. Major stockholders in the Union Pacific Railroad formed a company, the Crédit Mobilier of America, and gave it contracts to build the railroad. They sold or gave shares in this construction to influential congressmen. It was a lucrative deal for the congressmen, because they helped themselves by approving federal subsidies for the cost of railroad construction without paying much attention to expenses -
mother jones
Typically clad in a black dress, her face framed by a lace collar and black hat, the barely five-foot tall Mother Jones was a fearless fighter for workers’ rights—once labeled "the most dangerous woman in America" by a U.S. district attorney. Mary Harris "Mother" Jones rose to prominence as a fiery orator and fearless organizer for the Mine Workers during the first two decades of the 20th century. Her voice had great carrying power. Her energy and passion inspired men half her age into action an -
munn v. illnois
Munn v. Illinois, case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1876. Munn, a partner in a Chicago warehouse firm, had been found guilty by an Illinois court of violating the state laws providing for the fixing of maximum charges for storage of grain (see Granger movement). He appealed, contending that the fixing of maximum rates constituted a taking of property without due process of law. The Supreme Court upheld the Granger laws, establishing as constitutional the principle of public regulation of -
thomas edison
thomas edison is the man who created the lightbulb he made lighting a home even cheaper outshining edwin drake. He was responsable for tons of electronicle advancements through his creation. -
haymaker riot
In the Haymarket Riot of May 4, 1886, the police clashed violently with militant anarchists and labor movement protesters in Chicago. Seven policemen and several protesters were killed, leading to murder convictions for seven -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts. It was named for Senator John Sherman of Ohio, who was a chairman of the Senate finance committee and the Secretary of the Treasury under President Hayes. Several states had passed similar laws, but they were limited to intrastate businesses. -
homested strike
The conflict at Homestead arose at a time when the fast-changing American economy had stumbled and conflicts between labor and management had flared up all over the country. In 1892, labor declared a general strike in New Orleans. Coal miners struck in Tennessee, as did railroad switchmen in Buffalo, New York and copper miners in Idaho. -
hennry ford
In 1891, Ford became an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit. This event signified a conscious decision on Ford's part to dedicate his life to industrial pursuits. His promotion to Chief Engineer in 1893 gave him enough time and money to devote attention to his personal experiments on internal combustion engines.
These experiments culminated in 1896 with the completion of his own self-propelled vehicle-the Quadricycle. this gratly incresed transportation from bikes or walking -
eudean debs
In 1893 Eugene V. Debs became president of the American Railway Union. His union conducted a successful strike for higher wages against the Great Northern Railway in 1894. He gained greater renown when he went to jail for his role in leading the Chicago Pullman Palace Car Company strike. He was the Socialist party's presidential candidate in 1900,1908, 1912 and 1920 -
pullman strike
The most famous and farreaching labor conflict in a period of severe economic depression and social unrest, the Pullman Strike began May 11, 1894, with a walkout by Pullman Palace Car Company factory workers after negotiations over declining wages failed. These workers appealed for support to the American Railway Union (ARU), which argued unsuccessfully for arbitration. On June 20, the ARU gave notice that beginning June 26 its membership would no longer work trains that included Pullman cars. -
wright brothers
Perhaps the most influential brothers in history, Wilbur and Orville Wright’s creative and technological genius revolutionized transportation on planet Earth. Originally from Dayton, Ohio the two owned a bicycle repair shop and spent their spare time working towards a dream of creating a powered and controlled flying machine. Realizing that dream on December 17, 1903, modern aviation was born. Throwing open the doors for travel, communication, and international commerce, the world was reconfigur -
lochner vs ny
The Bakeshop Act was a New York state labor law which prohibited bakery employees from working for more than sixty hours per week or ten hours per day. Lochner permitted an employee to work in his bakery for more than sixty hours in one week and was convicted of his second offense and fined. Lochner appealed his conviction on the grounds that the law violated his freedom to contract under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
