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William Kelly and Henry Bessemer Discorver a way to process iron ore into steel.
(dd/mm is not correct, only year.) Bessemer bought Kelly's patents and became known undedr the Bessemer name. -
Edwin Drake strikes oil in PA
(dd/mm is not correct, only year is.) George Bissel was with Edwin Drake at the time. -
National Labor Union is organized.
(dd/mm is not correct, only year is.) First national labor federation in the US. -
Joseph Mccoy esatablishes a cattle trading station in Kansas.
(dd/mm is not correct, only year is.) Allowed cattle from texas to head north. Transcontinetal trading. -
Christopher Sholes invents the typewriter.
(dd/mm is not correct, only year is.) He was a printer by trade. -
George Westinghouse invents the air brakes.
(dd/mm is not correct, only year is.) Invented for safety in the new railroad industry. -
Union and Pacific and central Pacific railroads meet in Utah.
(dd/mm is not correct, only year is.) This made transcontinetal railroad travel possible. -
John D. Rockefeller created Standard Oil in Ohio.
(dd/mm is not correct, only year is.) Standard Oil controlled 90 percent of oil and pipelines by 1880. -
Great Railroad strike.
(dd/mm is not correct, only year is.) Wages were cut three times by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, so people protested. -
Edison invents the Phonograph.
(dd/mm is not correct, only year is.) The first words he spoke into the phonograph were "mary had a little lamb" -
Terrance Powderly becomes leader of the Knights of Labor.
(dd/mm is not correct, only year is.) Terrance was for the Union. -
Samuel Gompers becomes leader of American Federation of Labor
(dd/mm is not correct, only year is.) He promoted harmony among different craft unions. -
Haymarket Square Riot
(date is correct.) A bomb was thrown at the police during this riot. 8 people died. -
The Statue of Liberty is unveiled.
(dd/mm is correct as well as year.) It was a gift from France. -
Andrew Carneige publishes the gospel of wealth
(dd/mm is not correct, only year is.) This articles describes the responsibility of philanthropy. -
Rivers and Harbors act passed.
(dd/mm is not correct, only year is.) It is the oldest enviormental law in the US. -
Forest Reserve act passed.
(dd/mm is not correct, only year is.) Allows the president to set aside forest reserves from the land in the public domain. -
Andrew Carneige sells US Steel to JP Morgan for $480 million.
(dd/mm isnot correct, only year is.) He became very wealthy and was famous for this sell. -
Standard Oil is dissolved.
(dd/mm is not correct, only year is.) Dissolved into 34 companies as ruled by Supreme Court in Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey vs. The US.
