American History Industralization

he is a successfully used a steam engine to drill oil, it became a practical after that

a cheap and efficient process for making steel, was developed around 1850

Discovered the worlds first research labaratory in New jersey, also perfected the light bulb, then invented a whole system for producing and distributing electrical power

he invented the type writer in 1867

Invented the telephone with Thomas Watson in 1876

a railroad line that lines the atlantic and pacific coasts of the united states

he built a factory for manufacturing sleepers and other railroad cars on the illinois prairie in 1880. He also refused to lower rents and went on strike in 1894. He took control of a town

a construction formed in 1868 by owners of the Union Pacific railroad, they used it to fraudently skim off railroad profits for themselves

an 1877 case that the supreme court upheld states regulation of railroads for the benefit of farmers and consumers, establishing the right of government ro regulate private industry to serve public interest

reestablished the federal governments right to supervise railroad activites and created a five member interstate commerce commission to do it.