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Years of the Second industrial revolution
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The First spring of oil
August 28, 1859, the first successful oil well was dug in Pennsylvania -
The completion of the Transcontinental railroad
1,912 miles of track were connected in Promontory, Utah; completing the first Transcontinental railroad -
The creation of Standard Oil
John D Rockefeller founded Standard Oil in 1870, creating one of the largest monopolies in America. His actions lead to the Sherman Anti-trust act -
Graham Patenting the telephone
Graham receives a patent for his invention March 7, 1876.
Elisha Gray, Antonio Meucci and Thomas Edison have also claimed to make it first, but they never got patents for it before Graham did. It is still a controversy to this day -
The first telephone put in the White House
President Rutherford B Hayes attached a telephone in the Mansion S telegraph room, only getting calls from the treasury department since telephones at the time were very basic -
Edison perfects the incandescent lightbulb
On October 21, 1879, Edison Perfected his lightbulb by making his bulb last for 40 hours, more than 2 days -
Railroads set up standardized time zones
On November 18, 1883, the railroad companies created Standardized time zones so that that they can have one, uniform train schedule, The rest of the world based their time zones of this, countries more to the left gained 1 hour, while those to the right lost 1 hour -
The first electric trolley set up
In !888, the Richmond Union Passenger Railway set up the first electric trolley in Richmond, Virginia -
The passing of the Sherman antitrust act
In 1890, U.S. Senator John Sherman of Ohio, who was an expert on the regulation of commerce, pushed for the Sherman-Anti Trust act in order to stop the creation of the overpowering trust that turns into a monopoly -
The Founding of Carnegie Steel company
The Carnegie Steel Company is founded in 1892 in Downtown Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania -
When J.P Morgan creates U.S Steel
Finally, the U.S Steel company was created in 1901. Lead by J.P Morgan, and helped by Andrew Carnegie, Elbert H. Gary, and Charles M. Schwab