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Two men named George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake were the first to make a successful use of a drilling rig on a well that was made specifically to produce oil. It was a major event when the first oil well was drilled.
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A golden spike was driven and signaled the completion of the first transcontinental railroad, which was a dream for the people living in the American West. When the transcontinental railroad became popular it made travel easier.
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Rockefeller formed this company along with his younger brother and this became the largest shareholder. It became a very popular business and is why they both became both very popular as well.
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Inventor Alexander Graham Bell tested his telephone and received a patent for the telephone. It became a very popular invention and ended up making him famous because of that.
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President Rutherford B. Hayes has the White House's first telephone installed in the mansion telegraph room. It became very popular and is why he became popular then.
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Made the first public demonstration of his incandescent light bulb on December 31, 1879, in Menlo Park. The light bulb became a very popular invention and Edison perfected the light bulb into the invention it is today.
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They were introduced because operators of the new railroad lines needed a new time plan that would offer a uniform train schedule for departures and arrivals.
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Was the first practical electric trolley (tram) system, and set the pattern for most subsequent electric trolley systems around the world.
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A landmark federal statute in the history of United States antitrust law. Which is the Sherman Antitrust Act. When the Sherman Act was passed it changed the lives of many people in the history of the United States.
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Was made by Andrew Carnegie, who led the expansion of the American steel industry. When the Carnegie Steel company was formed it led to expansion and changed the lives of many back then.
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