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Bessemer process
The Bessemer process was a way to mass produce steel. Air was blown into the bottom of the machine, which created oixide and manganese, whihc ended up producing steel. -
Edwin Drake
Edwin Drake was a man who wanted to figure out how to get oil out of the ground. He finally figured out how to get oil from the ground by drigging hoes, but when the water came in he put a metal pipe down the hole to get the water out. -
Credit Mobilier Scandal
The Credit Mobilier Scandal was a company created by Thomas Durant. He decided that if he made a railroad, instead of buying one, he would inherit no risk and make the most maximum money. Soon after the company was handed over to Oakes Ames, the government started to question how legal the company was. The company did not give out fair cantracts which made the company have a bad reputation. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad was built between two rivsl companies, Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroad Companies. They needed to build a railroad that would head futher into the west side of our country. The two companies built the railroad streching from Sacremento to the Idaho-Nebraska border. -
Christopher Sholes
Christopher Sholes created the typewriter. The typewriter was a machine that allowed people to write letters by striking any key on the typewriter. A ink filled steel type hit a ribbon and the ink from the ribbon would be transfered to a peice of paper. -
John D. Rockerfeller
John D. Rockerfeller founded the Standard Oil Company which was one of the first great Business trusts. He wanted to buy out all of the other businesses so his would be the best. In 1872, he ended up owning almost all of the oil companies in Clevland, Ohio. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell came up with the idea to creat a telephone. The way the telephone works is by sending electrical waves through wires to either a transmitter which sends it back to another telephone. This was the day that the first phones was created. Bell was able to talk to another person over phone. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison was the first person to be able to record and play back sound. When something made noise, a stylus engraved tinfoil on a cardboard cylinder, while another stylus traced over the lines to create sound. -
Munn v. Illinois
The Munn v. Illinois case was where the United States Supreme court upheld the power of government to regulate private businesses. The Munn and Scott company broke this rule, which was then brought to court. Munn believed it shouldn't be a Federal law, but more a State law. -
Mother Jones
Mother Jones was an American labor organizer for coal miners. She believed that that their working comditions were not good. She also beieved that children should not have to work. -
Haymarket Riot
The Haymarket Riot was a violent disagreement between workers and the Chicago Police. The workers wanted the number of hours to be reduced to eight hours a day. One company's workers went on strike, causing the police to get involed. The police killed a worker, so the next day people went to Haymarket and rioted. The police asked the people to leave, then a person in the crowd threw a bomb and killed many. -
Interstate Commerse Act
The interstae commerce act was a law that prevented unjust discrimination by the railroads. Also, it allowed railroad owners to charge people by the amount they were hualing on the tracks. There was also a commission set in place to make sure the act was followed. -
Sherman antitrust Act
This Act was made so foreign countries could not trade with the United States. Also, the government made it illegal to monopolize any one trade or business. -
Homestead Strike
The Homestaed strike happened in Homestead, Pennsylvania. The Carnegie Steel company, run by Pinkertons, cut their workers wages so the workers got mad. The workers then rioted and ran the Pinkersons out of the company. The workers technically won but they were also driven out off the company by national gaurds. -
Pullman Strike
The Pullman strike is a boycott on the railroad car company, The Pullman Company. The company cut wages by about 25%, but didn't chnage the price of rent to stay in town. This caused nationwide boycotts where workers did not handle any trains with Pullman cars on them. The violence was finally solved because the U.S. president, Grover Cleveland, sent in many troops to break up the riots. -
J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan financed railroads and organized U.S. Steel and many other major companies. He took failing railroads and reorganized them. In the process, he got many stocks and investments in the companies. He eventually controlled about 1/6 of the American railroads. -
Eugene Debs
Eugene Debs was sent to work on the railroads at the age of 14. He eventually was put in jail for criticizing the United States government on their punishment of poeple. He also founded the Socialist Party of America. When he was sent to jail he got his citizenship taken away. -
Lochner v. New York
The Lochner vs. New York Decision made it so bakers could only work 10 hours a day and 60 hours a week. Lochner broke the rule one day and did not think that the state should be able to limit the amount a person works, so he brought it to court. The court then agreed to allow bakers wo work more than 10 hours a day. -
Henry Ford
Henry Ford was the owner of Ford Motor Company. He was the man to come up with the assembly line to help produce the amount of cars he could create. His best known Model is the Model T. This model was inexpensive so many people could buy it. -
The Wright Brothers
The Wright brothers were the first two people to fly an airplane. They designed and flew the plane all by themselves. The type of plane they flew was a glidder. They began selling their planes to the United Sttaes army. They began a company called the Wright Company that sold airplanes.
