Industrial Age
Kaylee Linnell
1877 THe great rail road strike
1877:The Great rail road strike.
Who:Drew Vande Creek ph.d
What:Many workers had over extended themselves during the railroad building that followed the civil war.
Where: Illinois,Pennsyvania,S t.louis,chicago
Why: Workers were not being paid fairly well working on the railroad.
Henry bessemer
Henry Bessamer
who:Henry Bessemer was widly known for his making of moderen steel.
What: his first involvement with steel began in the 1850's . During the Criman war
henry expiramented with new types of Cannon projectile.
Where : he did this in France.
Why :they needed steel to make rail road tracks.