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Rivers and HArbors Act
Grant money to improve navigation among rivers -
Kelly and Bessemer discover process iron ore into steel
Experimenting and found how to process into steel -
Edwin Drake strikes oil
Used a steam engine in Pennsylvannia to help drill and later found oil -
National Labor Union
First national labor confederation to form local trade unions -
Typewriter
Many ideas before but pattented typewriter with numbering machine made in 1866 by Christopher Sholes -
Joseph McCoy creates cattle trade station
Allows cattle to be trade around Kansas and Texas -
Railroads meet in Utah
Union Pacific and Central Pacific meet in Utah -
Rockefeller creates Standard Oil
Controlled 90% of pipelines -
Air Brakes
Compressed air system, type of friction brake pressing air on the piston -
Edison invents phonograph
Mechanical recording and reproduction of sound -
Great Railroad Strike
Numerous outbreaks among many cities going against railroads -
Terrence Powderly Knights of Labor
Joined in 1876 and served until 1893 -
Haymarket Square Riot
Turned into riot after someone threw a bomb at the police. 8 activists accused of the bombing -
Statue of Liberty Unveiled
A gift from France unveiled in New York -
The Gospel of Wealth
Article written by Andrew CArnegie describing the responsibilities of philanthropy by the new upper class -
Forest Reserve Act
Allows president to set aside forest reserves from the public land -
CArnegie sells US steel
Sells to JP Morgan for $480 million
