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Telephone invented
s the culmination of work done by many individuals, the history of which involves a collection of claims and counterclaims. -
Bessemer Process Discoverd
was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron prior to the open hearth furnace -
Typewriter Invented
is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing in characters similar to those produced by printer's movable type by means of keyboard-operated types striking a ribbon to transfer ink or carbon impressions onto paper -
Oil In PA
A oil production that started in PA & it was very valuble -
Homestead Act
Law signed by president Lincoln.encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. -
National labor Union started
The National Labor Union was the first national labor federation in the United States. -
Airbrake Invented
power braking system with compressed air as the operating medium. -
Transcontivental RR built
was a 1,907-mile (3,069 km) contiguous railroad line constructed in the United States between 1863 and 1869 west of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers to connect the Pacific coast at San Francisco Bay with the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa. -
Standard Oil Company Started
was an American oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. -
B+O Railroad strike
People were striking the trains & railroads -
Light Bulb Invented
Thomas Edison -
Haymarket Square Riot
a labor protest rally near Chicago turned in to a riot after someone threw a bomb at the police -
Statue of Liberty
a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. -
Gospel of wealth published
an article written by Andrew Carnegie -
Forest Reserve Act
a law that allowed the President of the United States to set aside forest reserves from the land in the public domain. -
Homestead strike
A battle between security agents and strikers. -
Pullman Strike
a nationwide railroad strike in the United States -
Carnegie sells to J.P. Morgan
Sold his steel company to J. P. Morgan -
Standard Oil dissolved by supreme court
the Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
