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Industrial Revolution
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Bessemer Process
The Bessemer Process was named after Henry Bessemer, a British engineer. It was patented by William Kelly in November of 1856, This process was a cheap way to make steel in very large quantities. -
John Rockefeller
Started his own business, partnering with Maurice Clark. Each paying $2,000, they formed their company Clark & Rockefeller. -
Edwin Drake
After attempting to drill oil all summer long, Edwin Drake struck black gold 70 feet into the ground in late August 1859. -
Christopher Sholes
Worked with Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soules to make the first typewriter, On this date they were granted the patent for the typewriter. -
Transcontinental Railroad completed
Last rail of the Transcontinental Railroad was laid on this date. Main supporters of the railroad: C.P. Huntington, Charles Crocker, Leland Stanford, and Mark Hopkins. -
J.P. Morgan
After working for his father who was a banker, John Pierpont Morgan started his own private banking company, J.P. Morgan & Co. -
Credit Mobilier Scandal
(In this year) Thomas Durant, vice president of Union Pacific Railroad, and other associates made a scam where instead of hiring contractors to build the railroad, they would pay themselves. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Working with Thomas Watson, they developed a telephone. On this date, the first complete sentence was transmitted, proving that their experiment worked. -
Munn vs. Illinois
Warehouse firm Munn & Scott were guilty of violating a law that had a maximum charge which could be imposed by grain facility operators. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison's first commercial power station started operations on September 4, 1882. His Pearl Street power station provided light and power to customers in a one square-mile radius in Manhattan. -
Haymarket Riot
What started as a labor protest in Chicago, ended up as a riot. When someone threw a bomb at police, eight people died in Haymarket Square as a result. -
Interstate Commerce Act
Approved on this date. Interstate Commerce Act created Interstate Commerce Commission to observe conduct in the railroad industry. Five members were recruited on the board to enforce federal regulation. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
(In this year) First antitrust law signed by president Benjamin Harrison. Named after John Sherman, an Ohio senator who was the main supporter of the antitrust law. -
Homestead Strike
Andrew Carnegie's Homestead Steel Works was closed by manager Henry C. Frick on this date. Former workers opened fire on 300 Pinkerton agents, who were called to stand as strikebreakers. -
Pullman Strike
Pullman Palace Car Company workersa walked out after they were declined wages -
Mother Jones
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones assisted thousands of mine workers in a strike to lay down their tools and refuse to work. -
Henry Ford
Raised enough money by the end of summer of 1899 to start his own company. -
Wright Brothers
Wilbur and Orville Wright invented the first form of aviation, -
Lochner vs. New York
(In this year) Supreme Court decided a New York state law which limits bakery workers to no more than ten hours a day and 60 hours a week. -
Eugene Debs
Delivered a statement to the court after he was accused and convicted of violating the Sedition Act, which banned anti-war propaganda.
