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American Events
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Bessemer Process
The Bessemer Proxess is patented, paving the way for the mass production of steel and a new industrial age in America. -
Edwin L. Drake Strikes
Edwin L. Drake Strikes oil in Titusvile, Pennysylvania, marking the first sucessful oil well and the beginning of the commercial use of oil. -
Workers finish Construction
Workers finish Construction on the transcontinental railroad, the first railroad to connect the east and west coasts. -
Dangerous working conditions
Dangerous working conditions and wage cuts spark violent protests by railway workers in the great railroad strike. -
Standard Oil Trust
Samuel Odd and John Rockfeller for the Standard Oil Trust, which would soon dominate the nation's oil industry. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act. -
Pullman Strike
Pullman Strike lead President Cleveland to use federal force against striking workers.
