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gilided age
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gilided age Robber baron
Cornelius Vanderbilt, owner of steamship lines and railroads -
gilided age business
The nation was rapidly expanding its economy into new areas, especially heavy industry like factories, railroads, and coal mining. -
gilded age monopoly
Rockefeller held developed a monopoly over Standard Oil in 1870. He used strategies like temporarily undercutting his competitors prices until they went out of business to become one of the most successful monopolies. -
gilided age politics
Rutherford B Hayes-19th u.s president technically lost election but too office after compromise of 1877 with democrats -
gilided age TRUST
John D. Rockefeller served as a lightning rod for the nation’s fear of industrial consolidation. Americans vilified him because they feared the vast power of the Standard Oil trust -
gilded age problems
In 1889, railroads employed 704,000 men, of whom 20,000 were injured and 1,972 were killed on the job. -
gilded age Robber barons
Andrew Carnegie, steel manufacturer.
