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The workers left for the day, and then the next morning a driller looked into the pipe and oil was rising up.
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A movement that sought to change working conditions, such as, making the workday 8 hours long.
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Reinvents braking technology from a liquid brake, that would leake, leaving you unable to stop.
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Sholes continued to upgrade the typewriter but with difficulty selling it he sold his patents in 1873 for $12,000.
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It absored or destroyed the majority of its competetors in Clevland within 2 months.
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Was in response to the third cut in wages by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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A 2 needle device that when spoken into would record sound waves, and then was able to play them back.
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Powderly was generally opposed to strikes, he preferred a more peaceful approach.
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Samuel Gompers was the first President of AFL and served until his death.
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A labor protest rally in Chicago turned into a riot after a bomb was thrown at the police, resulted in 8 casualties.
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The statue stands 151 feet high and depicts Lady Liberty raising a torch in her right hand and holding in her left hand a tablet inscribed with the date of the publication of the Declaration of Independence.
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Makes it an offense to discarge any refuse matter into the rivers and harbors.
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Was an artilcle that called for the rich to use their wealth to help improve society.
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Gives the president the athority to set aside land and forests as parks and reserves.
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After the dissolution "Standard Oil" was removed from almost all company names.
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