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Bessemer Process
The Bessemer Process started in 1855 and it is named after Henry Bessemer the inventor of it. -
John D Rockefeller
In 1863, was the year Rockefeller joined the oil business. Later he created Standard Oil Company and became one of the weathliest man of his time. -
Christopher Sholes
In 1868, Christopher Sholes designed the first mondern typewriter -
Transcontinental Railroad
On may 10th,1868, the railroad was finished and because of it people could now travel using Transcontiental Railroad. -
J.P Morgan
He was in the banking businees as well as his dad and in 1871 he made a partership with a man named Anthony Drexel. -
Credit Mobilier Scandal
The credit mobilier scandal started in 1872. It was involving the union pacific railroad. -
Edwin Drake
In 1873, Edwin Drake was voted to make $3,000 a year because of his work. He was known for Petroleum Industry -
Munn V. Illinois
Munn V. Illinois was a case in law that was pronouced by the United States Supreme Court -
Alexander Graham Bell
In 1876, Bell invented the telephone. The invention was created because he was trying to make a device for the deaf so they couldhave the voice transport through electricity. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb which was one of the biggest inventions of all time. Edison was successful with many other thing too, like his cement company and his invention of the phonograph. -
Haymarket Riot
There was a protest that soon turned into a riot. The Riot was near the chicago's haymarket. -
Interstate Commerce Act
This acted was passed on Febuary 4th, 1887. The act was "making the railroads the first industry subject to Federal regulation" (Our Documents) -
Sherman Antitrust Act
In 1890, the act was passed. It was passed by a unanimous vote of 242–0. "he Sherman Act authorized the Federal Government to institute proceedings against trusts in order to dissolve them"(Our Documents). -
Homestead Strike
In this year Railroad Switchmen,Coal Miners, and Copper Miners started a strike in four diffrent places in America. The places were New Orleans, Buffalo, New York and Idaho. -
Pullman Strike
On May 11th of 1894, the strike started. The pullman strike was a boycott agaisnt Pullman Palace Car Company. -
Henry Ford
in 1896, Henry Ford created his first auto-mobile. -
Mother Jones
In this year she assisted on creating the Social Democratic Party -
Wright Brother
On this date the wright brothers created the first controlled plane. -
Lochner v. New York
In 1905, "the Supreme Court ruled that a New York law setting maximum working hours for bakers was unconstitutional" (McBride). -
Eugene Debs
He ran for president in 1912 against Woodrow Wilson
