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Eugene Debs
Eugene Debs was an American union leader, and he was a founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World. He was one of the best-known socialists living in the United States. -
The Bessemer process was the first method by which steel could be mass produced.
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Edwin Drake drilled the first successful oil well in Titusville, Pennsylvania
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Christopher Shole invented the first practical typewriter and the QWERTY keyboard still used today.
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Transcontinental Railroad completed
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John D. Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller (July 8, 1839- May 23, 1937) was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Standard Oil Company. -
Mother Jones
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones (August 1, 1837- November 30, 1930) was an Irish-American teacher who helped lead strikes, and she co-founded the Industrial Workers of the World. -
Credit Mobilier Scandal
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Alexander Graham Bell invented the first sound-powered telephone
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Munn v. Illinois
A United States Supreme Court case that had to do with corporate rates and agriculture. The Munn case allowed states to control certain businesses within their borders. -
Edison invented the phonograph
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Edison invented the electric bulb
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Alexander Graham Bell invented a metal detector to help locate bullets in a victim's body
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Haymarket Affair
refers to the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square[2] in Chicago. It began as a peaceful rally in support of workers striking for an eight-hour day. An unknown person threw a dynamite bomb at police as they acted to disperse the public meeting. The bomb blast and ensuing gunfire resulted in the deaths of seven police officers and at least four civilians. wounding of scores of others. -
Interstate Commerce Act
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Sherman Antitrust Act
First U.S. legislation enacted to curb concentrations of power that restrict trade and reduce economic competition. Proposed by Sen. John Sherman, it made illegal all attempts to monopolize any part of trade or commerce in the U.S. Initially used against trade unions, it was more widely enforced under Pres. Theodore Roosevelt. -
J.P. Morgan
John Pierpont Morgan (April 17, 1837- March 31, 1913) was an American banker and philanthropist. He dominated corporate finance. -
The Homestead Strike
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Pullman Strike started
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Orville and Wilbur Wright's first flight
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Lochner vs. New York Decision
A landmark United States Supreme Court case which held that "liberty of contract" was implicit in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The case involved a New York law that limited the number of hours that a baker could work each day to ten, and limited the number of hours that a baker could work each week to 60. -
Henry Ford introduced the Model T
It had the steering wheel on the left, which every other company soon copied. The entire engine and transmission were enclosed; the four cylinders were cast in a solid block; the suspension used two semi-elliptic springs. The car was very simple to drive, and easy and cheap to repair. It was so cheap at $825 in 1908 ($21,340 today) (the price fell every year) that by the 1920s, a majority of American drivers had learned to drive on the Model T. -
Henry Ford introduced the Model A vehicle
