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William Kelly and Henry Bessemer discover a way to process iron ore into steel
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Edwin Drake Strikes Oil in Pennsylvania
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National Labor Union is organized
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Joseph McCoy Established a cattle trading station in Kansas
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Christopher Sholes invents the typewriter
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Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads meet at Promontory Point, Utah
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George Westinghouse invents the air brakes
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John D. Rockefeller Creates Standard Oil in Ohio
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The Great Railroad Strike
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Edison invents the phonograph
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Terrence Powderly becomes the leader of the Knights of Labor
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Samuel Gompers becomes leader of American Federation of Labor
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Haymarket Square Riot
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The Statue of Liberty is Unveiled
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Andrew Carnegie Publishes The Gospel of Wealth
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Forest Reserve Act passed
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The Rivers and Harbors Act passed
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Andrew Carnegie sells U.S. Steel to J.P. Morgan for 480$ Million
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Standard Oil is dissolved
