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Gilded Age

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  • Standard Oil Organized

    John D. Rockefeller organized a new growing business that was soon to become very big.
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    The Gilded Age

  • Great Fire Of Chicago

    There was a big fire in an overcrowded factory that lead to the death of 300 people.

  • Andrew Carnegie opens up his first steel factory

    Andrew Carnegie opened up a soon to be huge steel company.

  • Great Railway strike

    There was a strike that took place to improve the working conditions of the people in West Virgina railroad.

  • The National Farmers Alliance was formed.

    A union that was formed to protect the rights of farmers and help them make a wage that they can actually live off of.

  • Homestead Steel Strike

    There was a strike over steel and poor working conditions