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As the leader of the American Federation Labor, he restricted union's membership based on wage earners and organized members into different groups according to their trade
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It was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel. It consisted of removing impurities from the iron by oxidation
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His invention, the drive pipe, revolutionized the way oil was drilled in the US, allowing companies to drill oil marketable quantities of oil.
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The company was born from an investment Rockefeller made on refinery in Cleveland, Ohio. Later on the company would control 90% of the country's refineries and pipelines.
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It paved the way for other work labors such as the Knights of Labor and AFL
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The statue was a gift of friendship from France to the U.S. and later became known as a symbol for freedom and democracy
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His invention was the first practical writing machine and it oppened job opportunities for women as typewriters
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Cattles raised in Texas were driven along the cattle trails to the West. The trading station served mainly to ship cattle to the west and the north.
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His invention increased the safety of American railroads, replacing manual breaks, which sometimes didn't work properly
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This was significant because travelers going west no longer would need to travel by wagon train.
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Railroad workers went on strike in reponse to wage cuts, President Hayes had to send troops to put the strikers down
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Edison's invention revolutionized the art and film industry
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Powderly disapproved of strikes and instead had a more humanistic vision, focusing on establishing a cooperative society. He wanted to educate people through journals and magazines on what they were fighting for
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This riot was led by the Knights of Labor, who were trying to fight for government regulation of business.
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According to his essay, great wealth comes with great responsability and wealth among the few was the most effective form of capitalism.
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law that authorized the president to use public forests as national parks
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This act ordered the army to protect the navigation of waters used for commercial and intenational commerce.
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J.P´s offer to buy U.S. steel made Carnegie the world's richest man
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John D. Rockefeller' Standar Oil Company controlled almost 90% of the country's oil production. The Supreme Court ruled that the company violated the Sherman Act of 1890 that prohibited trusts.
