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William Kelly and Henery Bessemer discover a way to process iron ore into steel
He is credited with being one of the inventors of modern steel production, through the process of injecting air into molten iron, which he experimented with in the early 1850s. -
Edwin Drake strikes oil in Pennsylvania
Edwin Drake was hired by the Seneca Oil Company to investigate suspected oil deposits in Titusville, Pennsylvania. -
National Labor Union is Organized
first national labor federation in the United States. -
Christopher Sholes invents the typewritter
He began work on this at Kleinsteubers machine shop in Milwaukee, together with a fellow printer Samuel W. Soule, and they patented a numbering machine on November 13, 1866.[10] -
George Washington invents the air brakes
This was his first patan..he was only 22 years old -
Uniono Pacific and Centeral Pacific Railroads meet at Promotory point, Utah
the railheads of the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railroads finally met at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. A specially-chosen Chinese and Irish crew had taken only 12 hours to lay the final 10 miles (16 km) of track in time for the ceremony. -
John D. Rockefeller creates Standard Oil in Ohio
became one of the world’s wealthiest men and a major philanthropist -
Joseph McCoy established a cattle trading station in Kansas
He expanded his business to shipping large herds of cattle to slaughter and quickly recognized flaws in the system. -
Edison invents the phonograph
he created a machine with two needles: one for recording and one for playback. -
The Great Railroad Strike
Martinsburg, West Virginia. Workers for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad went on strike, because the company had reduced workers' wages twice over the previous year. -
Terrence Powderly becomes the leader of the Knights of Labor
The Knights of Labor was one of the largest American labor organizations of the 19th century, but Powderly was a poor administrator and could barely keep it under control. -
Samuel Gompers becomes leader of American Federation of Labor
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Haymarket Sqaure Riot
Demands for an eight-hour working day became increasingly widespread among American laborers in the 1880s.-chicago -
The statue of liberty is unveiled
the Statue of Liberty, a gift to the United States from the people of France, was officially unveiled to the public by President Grover Cleveland. -
Andrew Carnegie publishes The Gospel of Wealth
considered a foundational document in the field of philanthropy. -
Forest Reserve act passed
aw that allowed the President of the United States to set aside forest reserves from the land in the public domain. -
Rivers and Harbors Act is passed
oldest federal environmental law in the United States -
ANdrew CArnegie sells U.S. steel to J.P. Morgan for $480 million
Retiring from business, Carnegie set about in earnest to distribute his fortune. -
Standard Oil is dissolved
Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
