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Industrial Revolution

  • Bessemer Process

    Bessemer Process
    The Bessemer Process started in 1855 and it is named after Henry Bessemer the inventor of it.
  • John D Rockefeller

    John D Rockefeller
    In 1863, was the year Rockefeller joined the oil business. Later he created Standard Oil Company and became one of the weathliest man of his time.
  • Christopher Sholes

    Christopher Sholes
    In 1868, Christopher Sholes designed the first mondern typewriter
  • Transcontinental Railroad

    Transcontinental Railroad
    On may 10th,1868, the railroad was finished and because of it people could now travel using Transcontiental Railroad.
  • J.P Morgan

    J.P Morgan
    He was in the banking businees as well as his dad and in 1871 he made a partership with a man named Anthony Drexel.
  • Credit Mobilier Scandal

    Credit Mobilier Scandal
    The credit mobilier scandal started in 1872. It was involving the union pacific railroad.
  • Edwin Drake

    Edwin Drake
    In 1873, Edwin Drake was voted to make $3,000 a year because of his work. He was known for Petroleum Industry
  • Munn V. Illinois

    Munn V. Illinois
    Munn V. Illinois was a case in law that was pronouced by the United States Supreme Court
  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Alexander Graham Bell
    In 1876, Bell invented the telephone. The invention was created because he was trying to make a device for the deaf so they couldhave the voice transport through electricity.
  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison
    Thomas Edison invented the light bulb which was one of the biggest inventions of all time. Edison was successful with many other thing too, like his cement company and his invention of the phonograph.
  • Haymarket Riot

    Haymarket Riot
    There was a protest that soon turned into a riot. The Riot was near the chicago's haymarket.
  • Interstate Commerce Act

    Interstate Commerce Act
    This acted was passed on Febuary 4th, 1887. The act was "making the railroads the first industry subject to Federal regulation" (Our Documents)
  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Sherman Antitrust Act
    In 1890, the act was passed. It was passed by a unanimous vote of 242–0. "he Sherman Act authorized the Federal Government to institute proceedings against trusts in order to dissolve them"(Our Documents).
  • Homestead Strike

    Homestead Strike
    In this year Railroad Switchmen,Coal Miners, and Copper Miners started a strike in four diffrent places in America. The places were New Orleans, Buffalo, New York and Idaho.
  • Pullman Strike

    Pullman Strike
    On May 11th of 1894, the strike started. The pullman strike was a boycott agaisnt Pullman Palace Car Company.
  • Henry Ford

    Henry Ford
    in 1896, Henry Ford created his first auto-mobile.
  • Mother Jones

    Mother Jones
    In this year she assisted on creating the Social Democratic Party
  • Wright Brother

    Wright Brother
    On this date the wright brothers created the first controlled plane.
  • Lochner v. New York

    Lochner v. New York
    In 1905, "the Supreme Court ruled that a New York law setting maximum working hours for bakers was unconstitutional" (McBride).
  • Eugene Debs

    Eugene Debs
    He ran for president in 1912 against Woodrow Wilson