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Cornelius Vanderbilt, owner of steamship lines and railroads
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The nation was rapidly expanding its economy into new areas, especially heavy industry like factories, railroads, and coal mining.
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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.
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Rutherford B Hayes-19th u.s president technically lost election but too office after compromise of 1877 with democrats
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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
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In 1889, railroads employed 704,000 men, of whom 20,000 were injured and 1,972 were killed on the job.
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Andrew Carnegie, steel manufacturer.
