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A journey to remember
Steam ships are made to make crossing atlantic more safe -
The great railroad strike
the strikes were so significant and intense at this time that they go down and in history. it was the biggest and most important/changing railroad strike ever. -
Thomas Edison invents the lightbulb
He invents the lightbulb, and within two years street lights are being put up. -
Immigrants are arriving
Over 75% of immigrants arrive in America -
Terence V. Powderly
leadership changes. Terence V. Powderly took on the leadership of the Knights of Labor. -
Brooklyn!
Because of the invention of steel the Brooklyn Bridge was finished in 1883, it was a construction feet during that time -
We found time in a hopless place
in 1884, 27 countries divided the globe into 24 time zones, one for each hour of the day. -
Steam Boiler Furnace
Affrican American inventor Granville Woods invents an improved stem-powered furnace for running trsins -
The Unions
the Knights had grown to have 700,000 men and women nationwide. -
That Steel we love
By this time America was out producing Great Britain steel manufacturers -
New Act Passes
Congress passes Sherman Antitrust Act -
Urban Boom
many rural-to-urban migrants moved to the cities in search of new jobs -
A more skeptical time
a new start, all immigrants were processed at Ellis Island -
Telephones spread
There are over one million telephones in the US, and more than 100,000 miles of telephone wire linked across the land -
Collapse/failure
a series of failed strikes the Knights had largely disappeared -
Subway
Boston creates first subway system -
2nd Subway
New York opens its first ever subway in the city
