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Bessemer Process
The Bessemer Process coverts cast iron into steel by blowing air throught molten iron. -
Edwin Drake
U.S. Engineer, drilled worlds first oil well in Titusville PN. -
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Transcontinental Railroad Completed
It was a railroad train that helped Americans travel easier after the Civil War which connected east and west lands. It also made communication easier. -
Christopher Sholes
He developed a typewriter with a 'QWERTY' keyboard. This led to electronics being updated and changed. -
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John D. Rockefeller
He was an American business man who owned a petroleum industry called "Standard Oil Company". He controlled 90% of the U.S. oil. -
Wright Brothers
Orville and his brother Wilbur achieved sustained powered flight. This was during the Industrial Revolution, and led to planes and other flying transportation objects. -
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Credit Mobilier Scandal
It was a company that dealt with congress to build railroads that would change transportation. -
Thomas Edison
He invented the light bulb which could turn electricity to light energy. This invention was revolutionary becuase people wouldn't need candles anymore. -
Munn v. Illinois
This made states possible to regulate private property if it was strongly tied to the public interest. -
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Homestead Strike
It's a strike from the people in the town Homestead PN. People feared of losing their jobs, they were angry from pay cuts, and were unwilling to the surrender of labor union. So they seized Carnegie Steel Manufacturing Plant. -
Haymarket Riot
It's a riot that people wanted an eight hour work day. It happened at Haymarket Square. Police tried to settle this riot, so someone threw a bomb into the crowd of people and policemen and it killed eight police. The police then started shooting at the crowd, it killed seven people and wounded twelve others. -
Interstate Commerce Act
This act investigated railroad management. When it was passed, railroads became the first industry subject to Federal regulation. -
Eugene Debs
He built unions of workmen to help make better working conditions and employee rights. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
This act did not allow monopolies in businesses involved in interstate trade. -
Pullman Strike
A federal government suppression of protests; weakened the power of organized labor but working conditions improved. -
Lochner v. NY Decision
This was a famous case in court about workers needing better working conditions during the Industrial Revolution. -
J.P. Morgan
He was a symbol of finance and industry. Two times he saved the U.S. economy from collapsing. He also created large American corporations, such as AT&T, General Electric Company, and the United States Steel Corporation. -
Henry Ford
He improved cars, especially the Model T. He used modern technique to improve upon them, which spread immensly. -
Mother Jones
She helped a coal miners' strike in her labor movement. -
Alexander Graham Bell
He invented the telephone during the Industrial Revolution. The phone revolutionized the way people could communicate.
