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George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake made the first successful use of a drilling rig on a well drilled especially to produce oil.
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A railroad that connected the entire country together in a fast cheap and easy way to move products.
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John D. Rockefeller entered the oil industry in the 1860s and in 1870, and founded Standard Oil with some other business partners.
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Alexander Graham Bell created the first ever telephone and gets the patent for it. The telephone revolutionizes the way people communicate till this day.
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President Rutherford B. Hayes uses the new technology of the telephone although there isn't many telephones in service.
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Edison finally is able to create a lightbulb that is stable and illuminates well.
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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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The Richmond Union Passenger Railway, in Richmond, Virginia, 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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Approved July 2, 1890, The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts.
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Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Steel Co. Then later sells it 9 years later to a wealthy bank called J.P Morgan.
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His company was finally built and was very successful
