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Telephone is invented
Alexander Graham transmits a voice over a wire. Changes the world forever. -
Railroad Strike of 1877
Workers walk out shutting dawn thousands of miles of RR track -
McCormick's Mechanical Harvester
Cyrus McCormick introduces the Mechanical Harvester -
Standardized Time Zones
Railroads introduced and implemented new standardized time zones -
Pendleton Act
To reduce government corruption, an examination system was introduced when selecting federal civil servants -
Haymarket Riot
A strike in Haymarket that ended with a bomb explosion that killed 6 police officers. Discredited the Worker Unions' movement -
Homestead Steel Strike
Henry Frick closes a factory for Carnegie Steel and locks workers out when negotiations go South. -
Pullman Strike
A strike at Pullman Company when George Pullman refused to reduce rent in the company when there were wage cuts -
Fed Troops Stop Pullman Strike
Federal Troops were sent to shut down the Pullman Strike -
Teddy Roosevelt "Rough Riders"
Teddy Roosevelt became US secretary of the navy. He established the Rough Riders as the First Cavalry in the Spanish American War