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Bessemer process
The Bessemer process was one the most important inventions for mass producing steel in the nineteenth century, it was also the first method. Over time it got upgraded and upgraded and is now called the Thomas-Gilchrist converter. -
Edwin L. Drake
Edwin was very known in the welling industry for oil. So a company picked him up and he struck oil for them on August 27, 1858. -
Thomas Edison
He began his working career in 1863. He held a world record of 1,093 patents while he worked as an inventor. He mostly know for how he created electricity. -
John D. Rockefeller
He created his first out of many oil refinories which made him become rich over time. -
Credit Mobilier Scandal
The sccandal was a illegal manipulatioins of companys that were working on building the Union Pacific railroad. It gave the people who designed teh scandal an enorous amount of profits. -
Christopher Sholes
Christopher Sholes was a inventor with one of his friends. Together they created a typer writrer. Once they made it Chrostopher spent the rest of his life to improve the typer writer. -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
The railroad made it easier for your wallet from dropping the prices of $1,00 to travel across the country to $150 and also easier in general. It travels from the East coast all the way to the West coast. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander was a inventor who created one of the most used technologies today, the telephone. -
Munn v. Illinois
This was a case in the supreme court, the argument that was happening was that Munn, who was a storage company for food, was overcharging for storage. -
Haymarket Riot
This was a violent confrontation between labor protestos and police. The laborers wanted to get the number of working hours down to eight. After it happened it became a symbol for the international fight for workers rights. -
Interstate Commerce Act
This act that was passed allowed the government to oversee the conduct of the railroad industry. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
This act was passed so that the government could change the power that interfere with trade and reduce economic competition. -
Homestead Strike
This was a strike that happpened at a Steel factory. It all happened because the unions contract was set to expire with the company so the owners of the company first lowered their wages, then put up a fence around the building, and finally fired all of the workers. -
Pullman Strike
This event was a strike and boycott that workers did against Pullman Palace Car Company. The strike basically stopped the railroads in the West United States. -
J.P. Morgan
He was one of the most well known bankers before the World Wars. Then in 1895 he merged his bank with another to form one giant bank. With the money he helped support railways. -
Henry Ford
He invented the first assembly line that would make cars. He also made it so that all the items needed would be made at the factory and bought from someone. -
Mother Jones
She was big in labor laws and Unions rights, an example would be that she faught the child labor laws. She also helped create the Social Democratic party. -
The Wright Brothers
Together the brothers created the frist powered airplane. -
Lochner v. NY Decision
This was a fight between New Yorkers and the Senate. The senate made it so that people in the baking industry could only work 10 hours per day and 60 hours per week. The New Yorkers argues that the senate shouldnt have a say because it was between the employs and their employers to figure that matter out. -
Eugene Debs
He is the only person to run for president while being in jail. He was also the founder of the Socialist Party of America.
