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William Kelly and Henry Bessemer Discovered a way to process iorn ore into steel
Kelly’s invention used chemical reactions to remove impurities in molten pig iron, a crude form of iron, and reduce the fuel requirements of the process. It was a key development that contributed to the vast expansion of the iron and steel industries. -
Edwin Drake Strikes Oil in Pennsylvania
Created a huge oil rush in pennsylvania -
National Labor Union Organized
Sought to improve working conditions through legislative reform rather than through collective bargaining. -
Joseph McCoy established a cattle trading station in kansas
He conceived the idea of establishing a shipping depot for cattle at some point in the west and knew that the railroad companies were interested in expanding their freight operations. -
Christopher Sholes Invents The Typewriter
Revolutionized the way people wrote. -
George Westinghouse Invents The Air Brakes
Revolutionized the railroad industry, making braking a safer venture and thus permitting trains to travel at higher speeds. -
Union Pacific and Central meet at Promontory Point, Utah
Compleated the railroad that now crossed over the whole united states. -
John D. Rockefeller creates Standard Oil in Ohio
He united a few oil companies together to create Standard Oil -
Samuel Gompers Becomes Leader of American Federation of Labor
Under his leadership, the AFL became the largest and most influential labor federation in the world. It grew from a marginal association of 50,000 in 1886 to an established organization of nearly 3 million in 1924 that had won a permanent place in American society. -
Edison Invents the Phonograph
While working on improvements to the telegraph and the telephone, Edison figured out a way to record sound on tinfoil-coated cylinders. He created a machine with two needles, one for recording and one for playback. When Edison spoke into the mouthpiece, the sound vibrations of his voice would be indented onto the cylinder by the recording needle. -
The Great Railroad Strike
Wages were being cut promoting violance and strikes along the railroad lines, these uprisings were put down by local malitias -
Terrence Powderly Becomes the Leader of the Knights of Labor
Powderly emerged as one of the leading advocates for better working conditions for American workers. -
Haymarket Square Riot
Workers at the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. in Chicago began a strike in the hope of gaining a shorter work day. On May 3, police were used to protect strikebreakers and a scuffle broke out; one person was killed and several others injured. -
The Statue Of Liberty is Unveiled
A gift given to the U.S. by Fance. -
Andrew Carnegie Publishes The Gospel Of Wealth
He argued that the accumulation of wealth was beneficial to society and the government should take no action to impede it. Carnegie believed the rich were trustees of their money, holding it until proper public uses could be discovered. -
Forest Reserve Act Passed
was permitted to set apart and reserve, public land bearing forests, or in part covered by timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations. -
Standard Oil is Dissolved
It was forced to break up by the suprime court because it was too big of a company. -
Rivers and Harbors Act Passed
Was the first federal water pollution act in the United States. It focuses on protecting navigation, protecting waters from pollution, and acted as a precursor to the Clean Water Act of 1972. -
Andrew Carnegie sells U.S. steel to J.P. Morgan for $480 million
Sold his major empire and devoted his live to charitys.
