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Bessemer process
Bessemer had a steel process on his ideas of the manufaction of iron. -
Edwin Drake
He was a 'coloniel' that lived during the Pennsylvania oil industry. -
Credit Mobilier Scandal
The construction of the Union Pacific Railroad started. -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
All transportation relied on the Transcontinental Railroad, especially in the Southern Pacific Railroad. -
John D. Rockefeller
He created the Standard Oil Company of Ohio. The company started to grow, and the prices were also affordable. -
Christopher Sholes
His company had the first commercial typewriters for sale, which added sewing machines to the invention. -
Thomas Edison
He moved his invention factory that was built. A large number of innovations were created in the next decade. -
Alexander Graham Bell
He formed the Bell Telephone Company and set up the first telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut. -
Munn v. Illinois
A law case questioning the fact whether Illinois should be able to change the grain elevators. -
Mother Jones
She participated in labor union meetings and thought she could dedicate herself to this. -
Haymarket Riot
While trying to desperse a labor rally, a bomb exploded in Haymarket Square. -
Interstate Commerce Act
The act regulated the growing industry of the railroad tracks and the Interstate Commerce Commission. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
The Congress passed the act and it was a list of laws about interstate commerce. -
Homestead Strike
The workforce of the Carnegie steel manufacturing plant seized the steel plant. They did not want to lose their jobs. -
Eugene Debs
He created the American Railway Union, which was the first industrial union which all workers could work there. -
Pullman Strike
Workers in Pullman, Illinois called the strike that became a famous clash in the United States. -
Henry Ford
He created his own version of the 'horseless carriage' that was powered using gasoline. -
Wright Brothers
Orville Wright and Oliver Wright built the first aircraft. They flew the airplane on this date. -
Lochner v. N.Y. Decision
He held ordinary people, such as immigrants, should make their own decision on why they exchanged goods. He was fined for making his own workers work longer hours. -
J.P. Morgan
He restored the economy developed by the Federal Reserve System. He worked with the secretary of treasury.
