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Bessemer Process
first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. -
Discovery of Gold in Pikes Peak
In the first week of July 1858, Green Russell and Sam Bates found a small placer deposit near the mouth of Little Dry Creek that yielded about (622 grams) of gold -
Homestead Act
allows a maximum exemption amount of $2,500 of one's equity, with a maximum of one acre (1/4 acre minimum) for urban properties and 160 acres if rural. -
Morrill Land grant act
stipulation that African Americans were to be included in the United States Land-Grant University Higher Education System without discrimination. -
Transcontinental r/r completed
it brought products of eastern industry to the growing populace beyond the Mississippi. -
Battle of little bighorn
a momentary victory for the Lakota and Cheyenne -
Statue of Liberty built
a large copper statue of a woman holding a torch aloft in her right hand located on Liberty Island in New York harbor. -
Farmers alliance created
an organized agrarian economic movement among American farmers that developed and flourished -
Thomas edison invents light bulb
The light bulb creates light when electrical current passes through the metal filament wire, heating it to a high temperature until it glows. -
Sherman ant-trust act passed
first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. The Sherman Anti-trust Act of 1890 was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts. -
Chinese exclusion act
It was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. -
Edison lights up NYC
the flip of a switch, electric lights brightened our city for the first time. It happened at Pearl Street Station, the first central power station in the world. Operated by Thomas A. Edison and his Edison Electric Illuminating Company of New York -
American federation of labor founded
a national federation of labor unions in the United States that continues today as the AFL–CIO. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, -
Dawes act
regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States. -
Interstate commerce act passed
Senate and House passed the Interstate Commerce Act, which applied the Constitution's “Commerce Clause”—granting Congress the power “to Regulate Commerce with foreign Nations -
Wounded knee massacre
as the Battle of Wounded Knee, was a massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army. -
Sherman ant-trust act passed
the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. -
American federation of labor founded
a national federation of labor unions in the United States that continues today as the AFL–CIO. -
Jacob Riis published his book of photos
the first significant New York legislation to curb poor conditions in tenement housing. It was also an important predecessor to muckraking journalism -
Fredrick Jackson Turner writes essay of settling the west
historian, Frederick Jackson Turner's address to the American Historical Association on “The Significance of the Frontier in American History” defined for many Americans the relationship between the frontier and American culture and contemplated what might follow -
Pullman strike
widespread railroad strike and boycott that severely disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest of the United States in June–July 1894. -
Plessy v Ferguson
a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, -
Spanish American War begins
the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence -
Hawaii is annexed
the event marked the end of a lengthy internal struggle between native Hawaiians and non-native American businessmen for control of the Hawaiian government -
Holden v hardy
a US labor law case in which the US Supreme Court held a limitation on working time for miners and smelters as constitutional -
Alfred T Mahan writes his book on sea power
a revolutionary analysis of the importance of naval power as a factor in the rise of the British Empire. -
Phillipines islands are annexed
United States paid Spain $20 million to annex the entire Philippine archipelago. The outraged Filipinos, led by Aguinaldo, prepared for war. -
Hepner act
the act of 1823 fixes the amount of the liability at double the value of the goods received, concealed, or purchased, and the only party injured -
Newlands Reclamation act
federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West. -
U-boats created
to punch holes in the British blockade, which was threatening to starve Germany out of the war -
18th adm
prohibited “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquours” but not the consumption, private possession, or production for one's own consumption. -
17th adm
17th Amendment modified Article I, Section 3, of the Constitution by allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senator -
18th adm
prohibited “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquours” but not the consumption, private possession, or production for one's own consumption. -
Panama Canal is built
an artificial 82 km waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and divides North and South America -
Lochner v New York
a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court holding that a New York State statute that prescribed maximum working hours for bakers violated the bakers' right to freedom of contract under the Fourteenth Amendment -
Pure Food and drug act passed
prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate -
Sinclair’s the Jungle written
to expose the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry. His description of diseased, rotten, and contaminated meat shocked the public and led to new federal food safety laws. Before the turn of the 20th century, -
Muller V Oregon
a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court. Women were provided by state mandate lesser work-hours than allotted to men. -
Founding of the NAACP
a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. -
Federal Reserve act
created the Federal Reserve System, known simply as "The Fed. -
Ford Motor company's first full assembly line starts
Ford's moving assembly line, which led to mass production of the iconic Model T. In September of 1907, Henry Ford purchased a 130-acre tract of land in Highland Park, Michigan where Ford Motor Company would build the factory -
Beginning of the first world war
major global conflict that lasted from 1914 to 1918. It was fought between two coalitions, the Allies and the Central Powers. -
Clayton Antitrust act
prohibits anti-competitive mergers, predatory and discriminatory pricing, and other forms of unethical corporate behavior. -
Lusitania Sunk
. After a second explosion – the cause of which is still debated – the ship quickly sank. -
Carlisle school established
known as Carlisle Indian Industrial School, was the flagship Indian boarding school in the United States from 1879 through 1918