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The First Telegraph Message
Samual Morse sent the first ever telegraph message. This important because it signaled the start of the communication revolution. -
Bessemer Project
William Bessemer took out a patent on his process which turned iron into steel. This made it alot cheaper and steel is lighter,stronger, and more flexible. This is important because steel made more things possible such as the brooklyn bridge. -
Drake Strikes Oil
Edwin Drake hired by the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company, strikes oil using a new meathod drilling. This is important because it revolutionilzed how oil was obtained and caused the oil buisness to grow. -
The Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
The president of the Central Pacific Railroad company,Leland Standford, drove the golden spike into the railroads track. This is important because it marked the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. -
Ring Ring Ring
The first telephone exange happened in New Haven, Conneticut between twenty-one people. This showed how fast telephones or the "talking telegraph" spread. -
The Light Bulb
Thomas Edison and his coinventors finally found a fillament for there light bulb that wouldn burn up at once, they discovered the perfect fillament made of bamboo fillament. This showed the start of electricity. -
Social Darwism
Soical Darwism was the philosophy of charles darwins beleif that The society should interfere as little as possible in competiton. This showed dhow business people viewed societies impact on their buisnesses. -
Edison's Power Plant
Thomas Edison built a power plant that powered dozen of buildings in New York City. This attracted investors that spread the idea of power plants. Soon power plants spread across the country powering cities. -
The Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge was completed after fourteen years despite numerous problems such as explosions, fires, and the supervior getting decompression sickness. This is important because it connected the island of Mannhatten to New York City and was more reliable then the ferry service. -
The Antitrust Act
The Antitrust Act was past to outlaw any combination of companies that restrained interstate trade or commerce. This limited the amount of control buisnesses could have over industry.
