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Congress selected the Union Pacific Railroad company to build a transcontinental railroad starting in Omaha, Nebraska.
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The National Labor Union that lasted 6 years and attracted 600,000 members.
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The transcontinental railroad was completed, allowing for increased trade with Asia and opening up the West for expansion.
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Farmers protested against railroaders who ran the farmers into bankruptcy.
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The telephone was created by Alexander Graham Bell.
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Every town in America had its own local time.
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To keep schedules and avoid wrecks, the major rail lines proposed, dividing America into 4 times zones - most towns accepted the new time method.
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Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act, which forbade business that the government deemed as anti-competitive
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James Buchanan created the American Tobacco Company