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Gilded Age
A period of great wealth and outward appearances. -
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Battle of Little Bighorn
General Custer loses his life and the Sioux claim victory. -
Great Railroad Strike
The U.S. first nationwide labor strike -
Progress and Poverty
Henry George writes Progress and Poverty. -
McCormick Upgrades
McCormick hired a production manager who had overseen the manufacturing of Colt firearms to transform his system of production. -
McCormick Company
The company had produces twenty-one thousand machines. -
Knights of Labor Membership
The Knights of Labor has over seven hundred thousand members. -
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers strike at one of Carnegie's steel mills. -
United States on the Global Economy
The United States becomes the world’s leading manufacturing nation.