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Bessemer Process Developed
First method developed where steel could be mass produced -
First Successful Oil Well
Edwin Drake drills the first oil well in Titusville, PA -
Standard Oil Company Founded
John D. Rockefeller founds one of the most successful corperations in the industrial revolution. -
Typewriter Invented
Christopher Sholes invents the typewriter -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
A railroad reaching from the east coast to thewWest coast of the United States was completed. -
Credit Mobiler Scandel
President of Credit Mobiler Company bribed congressmen with discounted stock. -
Telephone Invented
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone. -
Munn vs Illinois
Munn fought Illinois on whether grain elevaors had the right to have unregulated prices -
Light Bulb Invented
Thomas Edison invents the lightbulb. -
Many Organized Labor Strikes and Unions Formed.
Mother Jones organized and led many strikes and rallies. -
Haymarket Riot
During a riot in Chicago a bomb went off killing 7 and injuring over 70. -
Interstate Commerce Act
A bill was passed to regulate railroad Industry. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Helped regulate merging of large corperations to keep companies from not having any competition. -
JP Morgan And Co. Founded
J.P. Morgan founds the company J.P. Morgan and Co. after fathers death. -
Homestead Strike
Carnigie Steel Co. workers go on strike. -
First Railway Union Organized
Eugene Debs founded the first American railway union. -
Pullman Strike
Workers called strike on the Pullman Palace Car Company -
First Flight
The Wright Brothers fly the first succesful plane. -
Lochner vs New York
A law limiting hours of bakers to 10 hours, 6 days a week was fought over in NY -
Model T Ford Invented
Henry Ford invents the first mass produced car, the Model-T
