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The Knights of Labor go on strike against the Wabash Railroad. They were successful, and their rankes swelled.
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Ulysses S. Grant takes the presidency and gains victory over democratic candidate Horatio Seymour.
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If it happened during the Gilded Age, and it was important, it's here.
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Rockefeller creates the Oil Standard.
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The Civil Service Commision was created by Ulysses S. Grant, who appointed Curtis Heads as it's leader. This assured that, like the British system, American Government Officials would gain positions based on their work.
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Andrew Carnegie imitates the Bessemer Steel Process, bringing it to the US, and expanding his business.
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The Credit Mobilier Scandal is an event which occured when several high ranking government officials took free stock in the railroad business as a bribe to keep the Credit Mobilier safe from investigation of "financial irregularities".
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Ulysses S. Grant was re-elected.
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The author Mark Twain published the book The Gilded Age, and described the period they were living in as "glittering on the surface but corrupt within".
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The Jay Cooke and CompanyA led to an economic depression, which led up until 1879, and created a wide-spread financial crisis.
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238 People were decalred guilty of being involved in financial fraud, and for conspiring to defraud government tax revenues.
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.
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Rutherford B. Hayes was elected with much debate over whether or not he had actually won the presidency, with accounts of fraud, miscounting, and just all together missing votes from multiple states.
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Workers of the <ahref='http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1037.html' >Baltimore and Ohio Railroad</a> walked out on the job after receiving a 10% cut in paychecks.
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James Garfield is elected president.
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Cyrus McCormick creates the mechanical harvester, greatly speeding up crop production.
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President James Garfield is shot by Charles Guiteau.
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The Pendleton Act is passed in hoped of reducing corruption in federal positions through a screening process.
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Raildroads create standardized timezones.
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Grover Cleveland is elected president.
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The Haymarket Riot was an incident that started off like many other strikes, but quickly turned awry when a bomb was set off, killing 6 policemen, and wounding at least 60 others. This was a major drawback to the Knights of Labor Organization, and their membership declined by 50%.
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The typical railway size is set to 4' 8.5".
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The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was formed under the leadership of Samuel Gompers. The AFL was a union of skilled craftsman, unlike the Knights of Labor.
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Benjamin Harrison takes office, despite not winning the peoples vote.
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Andrew Carnegie creates the Gospel of Wealth, outlining the rich peoples' responsibility to help the poor and those less fortunate, and to spread their wealth.
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The Homestead Steel Strike was a strike of workers of against the Carnegie Steel business, and when negotiations turned awry, Henry Frick shuts down the factory and locks all employees out.
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The Populist Party meets to get it's feet on solid ground by electing members to lead it, and establishing a base of people. 1300 people showed up.
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When a fight breaks out between the Carnegie Steel foundation and it's workers, the Pinkerton Detectives are called in to help guard the factory from the workers. The fight lasted 14 hours, and the death toll was 10. Seven of which were workers, three of which were detectives.
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Henry Frick survives an assassination attempt on his life, and after being stabbed several times, carries on with his work day, and refuses to seek medical attention until his shift is over, proving his loyalty and awesomeness to the Carnegie Steel foundation.
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Grover Cleveland returns to presidency.
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Eugene Debs is arrested for violation the Court Order referring to the Pullman Strike.
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Workers at Pullman company strike when housing conditions are cut to match the wage cuts.
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Debs orders his employees not to allow Pullman railroad carts through, showing support for the Pullman Strike.
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President Grover sends troops to crush the Pullman Strikers, and effectively ending the strike by enforcing a court order.
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Democrats nominate William Jennings Bryan for Presidency due to his support of the free coinage of silver.
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William McKinley is elected President.
