Major Events

Chapter 24 · 1869–1901

Transcontinental Railroad completed at Promontory Point

1869

John D. Rockefeller founds Standard Oil

1870

Carnegie opens the Edgar Thomson Steel Works

1875

Great Railroad Strike of 1877

1877

Haymarket Square Riot; AFL founded

1886

Sherman Antitrust Act passed

1890

Homestead Strike

1892

Pullman Strike

1894

U.S. Steel Corporation formed

1901