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Bessemer Process
The first way to mass produce steel, was given the title the "Bessemer Process". It was named after Henry Bessemer, the man who developed the process. It works by pumping air into molten pig iron to take away any impunities. -
Edwin Drake drills first oil well.
The first successfully working oil drill was created by Edwin Drake in Titusville, Virgina in August of 1859. After this event smaller oil drilling companies started to grow around the northwest of Pennsylvania -
Christopher Sholes patents the type-writer
In 1867 Shole's first working model of the type-writer was patented. The next year in July, he developed a type-writer that could type faster than a human could write. -
Credit Mobilier Scandal
In 1867 a investigation led by the congress was started to look into a scandal happening between employees of The Credit Mobilier of America Company and the Union Pacific Railroad. -
Transcontinental Railroad finished
The Pacific Railroad Act was passed in June of 1862. It allowed a railroad to be built from the east border of Nebraska to the west coast of California. It was completed on May 10th, 7 years later. -
Standard Oil Comopany is found by John D. Rockefeller
In the 1870s Rockefeller and his partners founded what was to be one of the largest corporations of the time. The Standard Oil Company of Ohio, produced so much that today, Rockefeller;s fortune helps qualify him as the U.S's wealthiest man. -
Alexander Gram Bell Patents the telephone
On February 14th the same year, Bell applied for a patent on his "electrical spek machine", when others were trying to claim the technology that he had been working on throughout the year. -
Munn v. Illinois
Munn v. Illinois questioned whether Illinois had the authority to regulate their prices charged by grain. -
Thomas Edison invents the lightbulb
Two years after Edison had invented thephonagraph, Thomas made the first incandescent electric light bulb. -
Haymarket Riot
The Haymarket riot was a bomb explosion in result of a group of policemen trying to stop a labor rally in the city square. -
Interstate Commerce Act
The Interstate Commerce Act was the start of many federal regulatory commisions, and helped set a congressional standard for railroad regulations. -
Mother Jones affiliates herself with the Unite Mine Workers
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones was a well-known klabor movement speaker in the 19th and 20th centuries. She received the most attention in 1902 when she intstructed the wives of strikers to attack strikebreakers with their mops and brooms. -
Sherman Anitrust Act
The first federal law to regulate large corporations and trust and eliminate monopolies. -
Homestead Srike
On this date the entire workforce on the Carnegie Steel manufacturing plant went on strike mostly due to anger over pay cuts and fear over losing their jobs. Within the following days many had died, or were injured in some way. -
Pullman Strike
In order to save money, the Pullman Palace Car Company, cut their employees pay by 25%, but did not lower the costs of the neccesary items that the workers needed to purchase to live. On May 11, the workers began their strike and refused to work. -
Ford Motor Company founded
Henry Ford, born July 30, 1863, revolutionized the automobile industry, and created his own car comopany, Ford, in 1903. -
Wright Brother's first flight
The Wright Brothers were the first people to build and fly the world's first wroking aircraft. -
Lochner v. New York
The Lochner v. New York decision in 1905 stated that the government cannot interfere with an acceptable contract between two parties. -
J.P Morgan helps develop the Federal Reserve System
Morgan was one of the richest men in the history of the U.S and saved the U.S's economy from finicial collapses twice. He was a well known figure in the 19th and 20th centuries, and after saving the economy a second time in 1907, collaborated with the secretary of treasure to develop the base of the Federal Reserve System -
Eugene Debs runs for president again
In 1920, while still serving a 10 year jail sentence, got 901,225 votes in the presidential election. Debs fought for radical social change in the US, and was a 5-time socialist party canidate in presidential elections.
