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Telephone invented
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone along with Antonio Meucci -
Bessemer process discovered
Was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel -
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Oil in PA
The Pennsylvania oil rush was a boom in petrolium production -
PA oil
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Homestead Act
encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange the homesteaders had to pay a small fee and be a resident for five years. -
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1st transcontinental railroad built
known as the Pacific Railroad and stretchd a little over 1900 miles -
National Labor Union
first national labor federation in the United States -
Typewriter inveted
Christopher Sholes opened oppurtunities for women to enter the workforce -
Air brake invented
George Westinghouse invented this -
Standard Oil Company Started
One of the worlds first multinational company's -
Phonograph invented
Thomas Edison figured out a way to record sound. -
B and O railroad strike
When the Civil War ended, the railroad construction ensued. -
Light bulb invented
Thomas Edison changed many lives across the world with this. -
Haymarket Square Riot
This started when someone threw a bomb at a police officer -
Statue of Liberty
A gift of friendship from the people of France. -
Forest Reserve Act
allowed the presedent to set asside forest reserves from the land in the public domain -
Homestead Strike
An industrial lockout and strike culminating a battle between strikers and private security agents -
Pullman Strike
pitted the ARU against the Pullman Company -
Carnegie sells to J.P. Morgan
480 million dollars which today would be roughly 370 billion to create the U.S Steel Corporation -
Standard Oil Dissolved by Supreme Court
It was a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
