Industrial

The First Industrial Revolution

  • Bessemer Process Developed

    Bessemer Process Developed
    First method developed where steel could be mass produced
  • First Successful Oil Well

    First Successful Oil Well
    Edwin Drake drills the first oil well in Titusville, PA
  • Standard Oil Company Founded

    Standard Oil Company Founded
    John D. Rockefeller founds one of the most successful corperations in the industrial revolution.
  • Typewriter Invented

    Typewriter Invented
    Christopher Sholes invents the typewriter
  • Transcontinental Railroad Completed

    Transcontinental Railroad Completed
    A railroad reaching from the east coast to thewWest coast of the United States was completed.
  • Credit Mobiler Scandel

    Credit Mobiler Scandel
    President of Credit Mobiler Company bribed congressmen with discounted stock.
  • Telephone Invented

    Telephone Invented
    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.
  • Munn vs Illinois

    Munn vs Illinois
    Munn fought Illinois on whether grain elevaors had the right to have unregulated prices
  • Light Bulb Invented

    Light Bulb Invented
    Thomas Edison invents the lightbulb.
  • Many Organized Labor Strikes and Unions Formed.

    Many Organized Labor Strikes and Unions Formed.
    Mother Jones organized and led many strikes and rallies.
  • Haymarket Riot

    Haymarket Riot
    During a riot in Chicago a bomb went off killing 7 and injuring over 70.
  • Interstate Commerce Act

    Interstate Commerce Act
    A bill was passed to regulate railroad Industry.
  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Sherman Antitrust Act
    Helped regulate merging of large corperations to keep companies from not having any competition.
  • JP Morgan And Co. Founded

    JP Morgan And Co. Founded
    J.P. Morgan founds the company J.P. Morgan and Co. after fathers death.
  • Homestead Strike

    Homestead Strike
    Carnigie Steel Co. workers go on strike.
  • First Railway Union Organized

    First Railway Union Organized
    Eugene Debs founded the first American railway union.
  • Pullman Strike

    Pullman Strike
    Workers called strike on the Pullman Palace Car Company
  • First Flight

    First Flight
    The Wright Brothers fly the first succesful plane.
  • Lochner vs New York

    Lochner vs New York
    A law limiting hours of bakers to 10 hours, 6 days a week was fought over in NY
  • Model T Ford Invented

    Model T Ford Invented
    Henry Ford invents the first mass produced car, the Model-T