Gilied Age

  • Rockefeller integrate Standard oil

    John D. Rockefeller standard oil company is now incorporated in Ohio.This later on became the largest and most successful empire.
  • Carnegie remakes the Bessemer Steel

    Andrew Carnegie visited Henry Bessemer Steel,He returns to America and remakes it which helped him expand his steel business.
  • Mark Twain publishes "The Gilded Age"

    The reality of this time period was revealed. This time period consisted of greed and corruption.
  • Administration Corruption

    A jury convicts 238 people such as revenue officials of scamming the United States government of tax revenues.
  • Railroad Strike

    Brakemen and Firemen went on strike from their jobs.Which shutdown thousands of miles of the railroad tracks. They did this because their pay got cut.
  • Pendleton Act

    This act was put into place to help reduce corruption in government jobs.Provided federal government jobs to be awarded on the basis of merit.
  • Haymarket Riot

    A riot in Chicago at Haymarket square workers on strike, Ended in 6 policemen dead and 60 others wounded.
  • Gospel of Wealth

    Andrew Carnegie writes and published an essay that talks about how the wealthier people had a responsibility to spend their money to benefit the greater good.
  • Pullmen Strike/Coxey's Army

    Workers employed at the Pullmen Company went on strike,and Coxey's Army marched with them.
  • McKinley Assination

    He was shot by Leon Czolgosz and died 8 days after he was shot from bullet wounds.