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Bessemer porcess discovered
the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron prior to the open hearth furnace -
Oil in PA
Oil became one of the most famous commodities in the U.S -
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1st Transcontinental railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad did not permanantly solve all problems, but it did improve transportation and living standards significantly. -
Homestead Act
Several ownership laws that gave applicants ownership of land -
National labor union
the first national labor federation in the United States -
Typewriter
allowed many women to have jobs invented by Christopher Latham Sholes -
Airbreak invented
It is like a back up break system -
The standard oil company
It revolutionized the oil industry along with bringing the idea of using a monopoly. -
The telephone
sped and increased global communication, increasing the capacity for real-time interaction at a distance and invented by Alexandar Graham Bell. -
Phonograph invented
because it was the first time anyone had stored music or words onto anything and it was invented by Thomas Edison. -
B&O railroad strike
The workers for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad went on strike in 1877 after receiving a second pay cut within a short period of time. Violence erupted; state militia units were brought in, but often proved to be ineffective because of their sympathy for the strikers. -
The lightbulb
Instead of relying on candlelight and oil lamps, the light bulb allowed us - for the first time- to light houses and streets in a way that was resistant to the elements. -
The Haymarket Square riot
a labor protest rally near Chicago's Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day. -
The statue of liberty
The Statue of Liberty represents many things, among them friendship between nations and freedom from oppression -
Forest reserve act
The Forest Reserve Act of 1891 is a law that allowed the President of the United States to set aside forest reserves from the land in the public domain -
Homestead strike
The Homestead Strike of 1892 was one of the most bitterly fought industrial disputes in the history of U.S. labor.Management and labor had been locked in negotiations for several months when plant general manager Henry C. Frick announced wage cuts of nearly 20 percent. The union balked at the reductions and Frick closed the plant on June 30 -
Pullman strike
workers of the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago struck to protest wage cuts and the firing of union representatives. -
Carnegie sells to J.P. Morgan
Carnegie was given the chance to make good on his word when he sold his company to a group of investors headed by J.P. Morgan for $400 million. Carnegie Steel became the centerpiece of U.S. Steel, a trust controlling 70% of the U.S. steel production. -
Standard oil dissolved by supreme court
the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling that it violated the Sherman Antitrust Act. -
The gospel of wealth
"The Gospel of Wealth" is an article written by Andrew Carnegie in 1889 that describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self-made rich
