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A new inexpensive way to make steel. became more easy to get.
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First major oil industry for the country
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encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land.
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First labor federation in the US.
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Christopher Latham Sholes, began production of its first typewriter on March 1, 1873, in Ilion, New York.
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Westinghouse Air Brake Company a fail safe way to stop
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First way for people to travel throught the country without walking.
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was the first american oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company.
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first device in history that enabled people to talk directly with each other across large distances.
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Thomas Edison. first thig to record and reproduce sound.
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In response to a third wage cut in the year. wouldn.t let trains move.
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Thomas Edison. first affordable commercial light bulb.
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striking for an eight hour day in chicago.
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built by Gustave Eiffel. an icon of freedom
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written by Andrew Carnegie. suggested that the wealthy distributed their surplus in a responsible manner.
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allowed the president to set aside forest reserves from the land in the public domain
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the most serious disputes in U.S. labor history.
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nationwide ralroad strike. chicago. due to wage reduction.
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$480 million. focused on the aspects like writing and libraries.
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Supreme court declared it unconstitutional.
