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Bessemer and Kelly joined and worked together under Bessemer's name because they had similar procesess
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The president of the Seneca Oil Company sent Edwin Drake to the sight and he successfully discorvered oil after consistently drilling.
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first national labor federation of in the US. Led by William H Sylvis
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He made Abilene, Kansas one of the first cow towns.
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First, trains relied on the air brake system that was invented by George Westinghouse, then it spread to automobiles and heavy vehicles.
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Christopher Sholes invented the first practical typewriter and the QWERTY keyboard that's still used today
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known as the point where the first Transcontinental Railroad in the United States was officially completed.
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The Standard Oil Co. was founded by John D Rockefeller. The Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
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Rockefeller united three companies together to form the Standard Oil Compnay. The company began to purchase and drive out of business oil refiners across the United States.
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He opposed strikes, prefered peaceful negotiations, better wages and working conditions
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It was the first phonograph to be able to reproduce a recorded sound
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Also reffered to as the Great Upheaval, began in West Virginia. It was the country's first major strike and paralyzed the country's commerce.
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Samuel Gompers was the first and longest-serving president of the American Federation of Labor. Under his leadership, the AFL became the largest and most influential labor federation in the world.
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In Chicago Illinois, a bomb was thrown at police and resulted in eight people dying.
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The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from the people of France, was officially unveiled to the public by President Grover Cleveland.
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An article that describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self-made rich.
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a law that allowed the President of the United States to set aside forest reserves from the land in the public domain.
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First federal water pollution act in the United States. It focused on protecting navigation and protecting waters from pollution.
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created the US Steel Corporation
