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The Gilded Age by Caleb Earl Mikeal Davis

By Caleb Earl

  • Homestead Act

    The Homestead act was an act that let people claim ownership of government owned land. About 160 acres was given. This act helped with the spur of economic growth.

  • Standard Oil Creation

    John D. Rockefeller created the standard oil industry. Rockefeller was the world first billionaire. Standard oil gained a monopoly in the oil industry by buying rival refineries and developing companies for distributing and marketing its products around the globe.

  • The Great Railroad Strike

    The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, sometimes referred to as the Great Upheaval, began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad cut wages for the third time in a year.

  • The Chinese Exclusion Act

    The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years. The law excluded merchants, teachers, students, travelers, and diplomats.

  • JP Morgan

    John Pierpont Morgan was an American financier and industrial organizer during the Gilded Age. His banking house erected the structure of the most prominent American industries in the Gilded Age beginning with the railroad.

  • Haymarket Riot

    The Haymarket Riot started with a bomb being thrown at a squad of policemen. It killed 7 officers. Workers Protested event of police brutality.

  • The Statue Of Liberty

    The Statue of Liberty was built in 1886, during the Gilded Age when America passed through a time of unprecedented economic growth and prosperity.

  • Interstate Commerce Act

    The Interstate Commerce Act was created to regulate the railroad industry. This Act was enacted by the 49th United States Congress.

  • The Sherman Antitrust Act

    The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 is a United States antitrust law which prescribes the rule of free competition among those engaged in commerce.

  • Andrew Carnage (Carnage Steel)

    Carnegie co-founded his first steel company, near Pittsburgh. Over the next few decades, he created a steel empire, maximizing profits and minimizing inefficiencies through ownership of factories, raw materials and transportation infrastructure involved in steel making.