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After visiting Henry Bessemer's steel plant England, and returns to America with the intent to expand his steel business.
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Joseph Glidden invents barbed wire. The invention of barbed wire contributed to the start of urbanization along with the start of the gilded age.
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Railroad workers strike to protest wage cut, violence erupts for over a week, federal troops are called in to strike down riots, and 50,000 miles of track were stopped for over a week
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Targeted Chinese immigrants and prevented them from entering the country and living like normal Americans.
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Socialist and anarchist speakers protested against police brutality, the riot ends in 7 police officers dead, and 8 convicted, and labor unions are seen as violent and viewed as radical.
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A house established in 1889 by Jane Addams. It was the most famous and successful settlement house located in Chicago.
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A law outlawing a combination of companies that restrained interstate trade or commerce.
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Workers strike against Carnegie Steel. Carnegie calls a assassin group "Pinkerton". Showed the public that the largest companies and monopolies are not exempt from striking.
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3000 of 5800 workers have wages cut 25-50% without cutting the cost of employee housing. Workers had $6 a week after paying rent. Strike will expand over 27 states and include an estimated 250,000 workers. 35+ people killed, 57 wounded, $80 million + in property damage
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William McKinley is elected president of the United States, receiving 7 million popular votes