The United States Becomes a Global Industrial Power
1. 1859
-------- Sherman Antitrust Act passed Typewriter invented U.S. gross domestic product quadruples U.S. railroads adopt standard gauge United States Steel established Henry Bessemer improves steel production process Thomas Edison establishes research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey Transatlantic telegraph cable completed United States v. E.C. Knight Company Number of U.S. white-collar workers triples Alexander Graham Bell founds American Telephone and Telegraph Rural free delivery (RFD) begins
2. 1860-1890
-------- Sherman Antitrust Act passed Typewriter invented U.S. gross domestic product quadruples U.S. railroads adopt standard gauge United States Steel established Henry Bessemer improves steel production process Thomas Edison establishes research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey Transatlantic telegraph cable completed United States v. E.C. Knight Company Number of U.S. white-collar workers triples Alexander Graham Bell founds American Telephone and Telegraph Rural free delivery (RFD) begins
3. 1866
-------- Sherman Antitrust Act passed Typewriter invented U.S. gross domestic product quadruples U.S. railroads adopt standard gauge United States Steel established Henry Bessemer improves steel production process Thomas Edison establishes research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey Transatlantic telegraph cable completed United States v. E.C. Knight Company Number of U.S. white-collar workers triples Alexander Graham Bell founds American Telephone and Telegraph Rural free delivery (RFD) begins
4. 1868
-------- Sherman Antitrust Act passed Typewriter invented U.S. gross domestic product quadruples U.S. railroads adopt standard gauge United States Steel established Henry Bessemer improves steel production process Thomas Edison establishes research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey Transatlantic telegraph cable completed United States v. E.C. Knight Company Number of U.S. white-collar workers triples Alexander Graham Bell founds American Telephone and Telegraph Rural free delivery (RFD) begins
5. 1870-1910
-------- Sherman Antitrust Act passed Typewriter invented U.S. gross domestic product quadruples U.S. railroads adopt standard gauge United States Steel established Henry Bessemer improves steel production process Thomas Edison establishes research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey Transatlantic telegraph cable completed United States v. E.C. Knight Company Number of U.S. white-collar workers triples Alexander Graham Bell founds American Telephone and Telegraph Rural free delivery (RFD) begins
6. 1876
-------- Sherman Antitrust Act passed Typewriter invented U.S. gross domestic product quadruples U.S. railroads adopt standard gauge United States Steel established Henry Bessemer improves steel production process Thomas Edison establishes research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey Transatlantic telegraph cable completed United States v. E.C. Knight Company Number of U.S. white-collar workers triples Alexander Graham Bell founds American Telephone and Telegraph Rural free delivery (RFD) begins
7. 1885
-------- Sherman Antitrust Act passed Typewriter invented U.S. gross domestic product quadruples U.S. railroads adopt standard gauge United States Steel established Henry Bessemer improves steel production process Thomas Edison establishes research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey Transatlantic telegraph cable completed United States v. E.C. Knight Company Number of U.S. white-collar workers triples Alexander Graham Bell founds American Telephone and Telegraph Rural free delivery (RFD) begins
8. 1886
-------- Sherman Antitrust Act passed Typewriter invented U.S. gross domestic product quadruples U.S. railroads adopt standard gauge United States Steel established Henry Bessemer improves steel production process Thomas Edison establishes research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey Transatlantic telegraph cable completed United States v. E.C. Knight Company Number of U.S. white-collar workers triples Alexander Graham Bell founds American Telephone and Telegraph Rural free delivery (RFD) begins
9. 1890
-------- Sherman Antitrust Act passed Typewriter invented U.S. gross domestic product quadruples U.S. railroads adopt standard gauge United States Steel established Henry Bessemer improves steel production process Thomas Edison establishes research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey Transatlantic telegraph cable completed United States v. E.C. Knight Company Number of U.S. white-collar workers triples Alexander Graham Bell founds American Telephone and Telegraph Rural free delivery (RFD) begins
10. 1891
-------- Sherman Antitrust Act passed Typewriter invented U.S. gross domestic product quadruples U.S. railroads adopt standard gauge United States Steel established Henry Bessemer improves steel production process Thomas Edison establishes research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey Transatlantic telegraph cable completed United States v. E.C. Knight Company Number of U.S. white-collar workers triples Alexander Graham Bell founds American Telephone and Telegraph Rural free delivery (RFD) begins
11. 1895
-------- Sherman Antitrust Act passed Typewriter invented U.S. gross domestic product quadruples U.S. railroads adopt standard gauge United States Steel established Henry Bessemer improves steel production process Thomas Edison establishes research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey Transatlantic telegraph cable completed United States v. E.C. Knight Company Number of U.S. white-collar workers triples Alexander Graham Bell founds American Telephone and Telegraph Rural free delivery (RFD) begins
12. 1901
-------- Sherman Antitrust Act passed Typewriter invented U.S. gross domestic product quadruples U.S. railroads adopt standard gauge United States Steel established Henry Bessemer improves steel production process Thomas Edison establishes research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey Transatlantic telegraph cable completed United States v. E.C. Knight Company Number of U.S. white-collar workers triples Alexander Graham Bell founds American Telephone and Telegraph Rural free delivery (RFD) begins