Industrial Age
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Hay market riot
Who: 7 people died at The Haymarket Riot/ bombing. At first the day started out calm and peaceful supporting workers that were striking out for 8 hour work days.
What: The Haymakers Riot
When: May 4th 1886
Where: Chicago Illinois
Why: workers wanted 8 hours work days. There were 7 deaths and over 50 wounded
Central Pacific Railroad
Who: Comuters cross country travel time cut down.
What: Central Pacific Railroad.
When: 1863- April 1885 continued as S.P. leased line until 1959.
Where: Starts in Sacramento CA ends in Ogden Utah.
Why: Railroads were only in a few areas so the country needed more miles of track to get more places.
Henry Bessemer
Who: Henry Bessemer was born January 19 1813 in Charlton Hertfordshire England.
What: The Bessemer process. The process to turn iron into steel.
When: August 24 1854
Where: Charlton Hertfordshire England
Why: To make iron into steel without using fuel
Andrew Carnegie
Who: Andrew Carnegie was born November 25th 1835
What: Led enormous expansion of American steel industry
When: Late 19th century
Where: New York, New York
Why: Steel was beginning to take up a lot of the natural resources
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