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John D. Rockefeller standard oil company is now incorporated in Ohio.This later on became the largest and most successful empire.
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Andrew Carnegie visited Henry Bessemer Steel,He returns to America and remakes it which helped him expand his steel business.
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The reality of this time period was revealed. This time period consisted of greed and corruption.
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A jury convicts 238 people such as revenue officials of scamming the United States government of tax revenues.
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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.
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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.
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A riot in Chicago at Haymarket square workers on strike, Ended in 6 policemen dead and 60 others wounded.
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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.
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Workers employed at the Pullmen Company went on strike,and Coxey's Army marched with them.
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He was shot by Leon Czolgosz and died 8 days after he was shot from bullet wounds.