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Industrialization
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First Carnegie Steel Mill
Andrew Carnegie discovers the Bessemer process, a more efficient way of making steel, creating a steel boom in the U.S. -
Creation of the Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell creates the telephone, revolutionizing communication -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed, allowing the U.S. to suspend Chinese immigration -
First Skyscraper Constructed
Construction was begun on the Home Insurance Company building on this date in Chicago, IL. The 10-story building was completed in 1885, and it was designed by William Le Baron Jenney, -
How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis
Jacob Riis, a popular photographer, published an article in the Christmas edition of Scribner's Magazine shining a light on the lifestyles of poor immigrants living in the slums of New York -
Sherman Antitrust Act passed
Sherman Antitrust Act is passed by congress, this prohibited business activities that reduced competition in the marketplace -
Ellis Island Opened for Immigratiion
America'a first immigration station; a majority of European immagrants went through Ellis Island before become American citizens. -
Angel Island Opened for immigration
Angel Island off of San Fransico is opened for Asian immigration -
New York State Tenemenet House Act passed
The New York Tenement House Act was passed, banning the construction of poorly ventilated, dark tenement buildings in New York -
United States Steel Corportation created
Andrew Carnegie created a monopoly, the United States Steel Corporation -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Pure Food and Drug Act law passed, requiring federal inspection of meats and prohibited poisonous medicines -
First Ford Model T produced
The first Ford Model T was produced, revolutionizing transportation all across the U.S. -
Standard Oil Company declared a monopoly
U.S. Supreme Court declared Standard Oil, founded by John D. Rockefeller, to be an unreasonalbe monopoly
