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American Potroleum Industry
John D. Rockefeller founded The American Potroleum Industry. In 1839 first oil well had been drilled -
Thomas Edison Birth
Born in Milan, Ohio -
Alexander Graham Bell's Birth
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland -
Bessemer Process
First method where steel is mass produced was created and patented a year later. -
First Oil Well
Edwin Drake drilled the first successfull oil well in Titusville, PA -
Edwin Drake
Drilled first successful oil well in Titusville, PA -
Credit Mobilier Scandal
Government found fraud in the company of Union Pacific Railroad and wages. -
Christopher Sholes
Born in Mooresburg, PA on February 14, 1819 and later created the first typewrighter. -
Transcontinental Railroad Built
started building in 1862. Completed may 10, 1869. -
Grain
Munn V. Illinois upheld regulation on grain prices -
Invention of Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the first ever telephone is his laboratory with his assistant Thomas Watson. -
Thomas Edison's Inventions
Created first electric light bulb and made the phonograph -
Haymarket Riot
Chicago, Illinois. riot broke out. -
Interstate COmmerce Act
ICC abolished in 1996. -
No More Child Labor
Late 1880's Mother Jones spoke out against Child Labor but failed -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Regulated large corporatins from havin monopolys. -
J.P. Morgan and Company
During the 1890's J.P. Morgan an Company had become the largest stable banking houses in the world -
Home Stead Strike
Carnegie steel company went on strike in Pennsivania -
Pullman Strike
Workers at Pullman Palace Car Company in Illinois went on a strike that would later turn very violent and dangerous. -
Henry Ford
Born July 30, 1863. Built the first "horsless carrage" in 1896. He died on April 7, 1947. -
Wright Brothers
The first flight -
Lochner v. NY Decision
Suprime Court making more decisions. -
Coming Home
Eugene Debs returns home to Chicago from jail an annouced he had become a socialist
