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process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron prior to the open hearth furnace
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The oil rush began in Titusville, Pennsylvania, in the Oil Creek Valley when Colonel Edwin L. Drake struck "rock oil" there.
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it paved the way for other organizations, such as the Knights of Labor and the AFL. It was led by William H. Sylvis.
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he conceived the idea of establishing a shipping depot for cattle at some point in the west and knew that the railroad companies were interested in expanding their freight operations.
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was an American inventor who invented the first practical typewriter and the QWERTY keyboard still in use today
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he increased the safety of the rapidly-expanding railroads by ensuring the massive powerhouse machines would be able to come to a stop with significantly fewer failures.
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The Union pacific and central pacific railroads agrred to meet in Utah
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it was the largest oil refiner in the world of its time
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Striking workers would not allow any of the trains, mainly freight trains, to roll until this third wage cut was revoked.
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a way to record sound on tinfoil-coated cylinders. In 1877, he created a machine with two needles: one for recording and one for playback.
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was the largest and one of the most important American labor organizations of the 1880
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the AFL became the largest and most influential labor federation in the world.
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At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day. Eight radical labor activists were convicted in connection with the bombing.
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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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describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self-made rich.
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The Rivers and Harbors Act also makes it a misdemeanor to excavate, fill, or alter the course, condition, or capacity of any port, harbor, channel, or other areas within the reach of the Act without a permit.
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He reformed his enterprises into conventional joint stock corporations as preparation to this end
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Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
