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Bessemer process discovered
The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron prior to the open hearth furnace. The key principle is removal of impurities from the iron by oxidation with air being blown through the molten iron. The oxidation also raises the temperature of the iron mass and keeps it molten. -
Oil in Pennsylvania
This was a boom which occured in northwest Pennsylvania, it was the first oil boom in American history. -
Besse process oil discovered
The oil was was first found in Pennsylvania, was called Pennsylvania Rock Oil Comapny. The business was very successful. Rockefeller bought the company and opened an export office in New York City. -
Homestead Act
An act that President Lincoln signed in 1862 sayong that all the people that move out West can obtain up to 160 acres of land for up to 5 years. -
National Labor Union Started
Paved the way for the organizations, such as The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Was an unsuccessful and this was abolished in 1873. -
The Typewriter
Chris Sholes, and William Soules had inventede the typewriter, it was the first major successful typewriter of its time. -
1st Transcontinental Railroad built
Constructed in 1863-1869 that was West of the Mississippi River. This made it easier for both travel to the people, and transportation of supplies. This normally carried crops, timber, iron, guns, and so on. -
Airbrake Invented
Inventer George Westinghouse made this invention in Pittsberg, Pennsylvania. This was used to help stop trains when its on the railroad. -
Standard oil company started
This was the first established by John D. Rockefeller in Ohio. The company was first called Standard Oil comapny. It was the world's largest oil refiner in the world, at its time. -
Telephone Invented
Invented by Alexander Graham Bell on March 10th, 1876. -
Phonograph invented
The inventer was Thomas Edison. When he was making this, he wanted to make some improvements to the telegraph and the telephone. He created a machine with two needles: one for recording and one for playback. -
B and O Railroad Strike
This was also called the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. The reason for the strikes is because of the Union cutting their wages for a third time in a year. This lead to the death 7 police officers, and it also caused the death of some civillians. -
Lightbulb invented
Thomas Edison was the inventor of the lightbulb. This extended hours in the sweatshops, and in the factories. This was a major change in the time frame. -
Haymarket Square Riot
Haymarket Square was organized by labor radicals to protest the killing and wounding of several workers by the Chicago police during a strike the day before at the McCormick Reaper Works. -
Statue of Liberty
The Statue was give to the US from France as a gift of friendship. The Statue is perminatly stationed on the New York Harbor. -
Gospel of wealth published
An article written by Andrew Carnegie in June of 1889 that describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self-made rich. -
Forest Resere Act
This allowed the President of the United States to set aside forest reserves from the land in the public domain. This act passed by the United States Congress under Benjamin Harrison's administration. -
Homestead Strike
workers belonging to the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers struck the Carnegie Steel Company at Homestead, PA. The people were protesting due to wages being cut. -
Pullman Strike
Was a nation wide railroad strike in the United States. It pitted the American Railway Union against the Pullman Company, the main railroads, and the federal government of the United States under President Grover Cleveland. -
Carnegie sells to JP Morgan
He built Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company, which he sold to J.P. Morgan in 1901 for $480 million, creating the U.S. Steel Corporation. Carnegie devoted the remainder of his life to large-scale philanthropy, with special emphasis on local libraries, world peace, education and scientific research. -
Standard Oil discovered by Supreme Court
John D. Rockefeller controlled a large amount of the oil companies in the century and he was put on trial for monopoly. He gained control of 90% of the oil industries in the US.
