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Bessemer Process Created
Henry Bessemer created first process to inexpensively produce mass amounts of steel from molten iron he removed impurities from pig iron with an air gust. -
Edwin Drake reaches black gold
Edwin Drake wanted to figure out how to get to oil. He drove an iron pipe down to bedrock, then placed the drill inside the pipe to keep water out of the shaft, he finally reached black gold on August 28, 1859, nearly seventy feet down -
Christopher Sholes creates Type-Writer
Christopher Sholes created the typewriter which allowed people to type what they would have had to handwrite and have their works come out in ink. -
First Transcontinental Railroad is Completed
The First Transcontinental Railroad was completed on May 10, 1869. It was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line across the western United States to connect at the Pacific Coast at San Francisco Bay with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network. -
John D. Rockefeller
In 1870, John D. Rockefeller established "Standard Oil" his own oil company. His company eventually controlled nintey percent of the United States refineries and pipelines. Although he was accused of predatory pricing and colluding with other railroad companies to eliminate competitors, he did donate five hundred million dollars to various causes. -
Credit Mobilier Scandal
The Credit Mobilier scandal was a scandal that ended in 1873 this scandal occurred because the people were really angry when they discovered that the company that owned the railroads were giving shares of it to the influential congressmen which was doing good for them when they didn’t deserve it. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell worked off of the ideas of Thomas Edison and his idea of the telephone and on March 7,1876, Bell was awarded a patent for being able to transmit the human voice. -
Thomas Edison Invents Light Bulb
Thomas Edison was the first person to create a working incandescent light bulb. He later eveloped the carbon transmitter, which improved the audibility of the telephone which made peoples voices more clear over the telephone, and allowed higher sounds to come through the telephone. -
Haymarket Riot
It was a labor protest in a common named Haymarket by radical labor activists which led to a setback for the planned labor movement that was going to happen in America, which was going to fight for right like the eight-hour workday -
Eugene V. Debs elected to Indiana State Assembly
Eugene V. Debs was elected to the Indiana State Assembly in 1885. During his reign of power, he organized the American Railway Union, which prompted the strike against the Pullman Company. After his embrace of socialism, he became the party’s standard candidate for five presidential elections -
Munn V. Illinois Trial Begins
It was a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the power of government to regulate private industries Munn was a partner in a Chicago warehouse company who had been found guilty by an Illinois court of violating the laws that provided for the fixing of maximum charges for storage of grain. The Supreme Court upheld the Granger laws. -
Interstate commerce act
The Interstate Commerce Act was a federal Law that was passed in 1887 to regulate the prices of railroad rates. Although the Law doesn’t give a specific rate, it states that the prices have to be just and reasonable. -
Sherman Antirust Act
The Sherman Antirust Act was the first legislation acted on by the United States Congress to shift amounts of power that interfered with trade and would later reduce the economic competition. -
Homestead Strike Ends
Taking place in Homestead, Pennsylvania, the Homestead Strike pitted a new, powerful company the Carnegie Steel Company, against a strong trade union. The Company was going to make changes resulting in pay cuts for all the workers so they went on strike. -
The Pullman Strike
On July 20th, 1894 the Pullman Strike was ended. The Pullman Strike was a railroad strike that majorly disrupted railroad traffic. The Pullman strike was against the Pullman company since the workers were very unhappy due to the pay cuts the company issued. All railroads were not used during the strike. -
J.P. Morgan
Morgan was a banker who financed railroads and helped to organize the U.S. Steel, General Electric and other major corporations. In 1895, Morgan assisted in rescuing America’s gold standard when he headed a banking investment that loaned the government more than $60 million. -
Ford Motor Company Created
In 1903 Henry Ford established the Ford Motor Company. Ford was the establisher of many mass-production methods, production plants, the use of standardized, interchangeable parts. -
Mother Jones launches the Mill Children
Mother Jones organized her famous March of the Mill Children, to attempt ending Child Labor. She went from eastern Pennsylvania to President Theodore Roosevelt’s summer home on Long Island. In additon she also helped stage a large rally in support of Eugene V. Debs's strike since she had such passionate feelings for protecting that and was always involved in some sort of battle. Three years later she became the five-time Socialist candidate for U.S. President. -
The Wright Brothers
Wilbur and Orville Wright were American inventors who were able to fly and control the first airplane flight in 1903. Later on they continued to be the first to invent and fly the first fully practical airplane. -
Lochner V. NY Decision
In 1905 New York stated that a previous law that had been stated to protect bakers, giving them a maximum number of working hours, was unconstitutional. This was done because they believed the state was not allowed to interfere with employment contracts which goes against the right to buy and sell labor like it states in the fourteenth amendment.
