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William Kelly and Henry Bessemer discover a way to process iron ore into steel
Process was done by injecting air into molten iron -
Edwin Drake strikes oil in Pennsylvania
First oil well ever drilled -
National Labor Union Organized
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Joseph McCoy establishes a cattle trading station in Kansas
Allowed Texas cattle to travel west -
Christopher Sholes invents the typewriter
First one to arrange letters in qwerty style -
The Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads meet at Promontory
Revolutionized western travel -
George Westinghouse invents the air brakes
Air brake was invented by American manufacturer George Westinghouse and was first used on passenger trains in 1868. -
John D. Rockefeller creates Standard Oil in Ohio
Became one of the biggest oil companies in the world -
Thomas Edison invents phonograph
Figured out how to record sound on tin foil coated cylinders -
Great Railroad Strike
Response to wage cutting for Ohio and Baltimore Railroad workers -
Terrence Powderly becomes leader of Knights of Labor
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Samuel Gompers becomes leader of American Federation of Labor
Was the very first president -
Statue of Liberty is unveiled
Gift from France that is a symbol of the United States to this day. -
Haymarket Square Riot
Aftermath of bombing that took place at a labor demonstration. -
Forest Reserve Act is passed and issued
Allowed the president to set aside forest reserves from land in the public domain. -
Rivers and Harbors Act passed
First fedreal water pollution act in the United States -
Andrew Carnegie publishes "The Gospel of Wealth"
Describes the responsobility of the rich -
Andrew Carnegie sells U.S steel to J.P Morgan for $480 million
made him the richest man in the world -
Standard Oil is Dissolved
The U.S government brings a federal lawsuit against Standard Oil and leads to collapse
