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John D. Rockefeller created this company in Cleveland Ohio. It became one of the largest companies of its time, and still is seen as a large company to this day. His company led to the development of trusts. it was important to its time because it drew people from all over the world to the U.S. in hopes of working in the oil factories.
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This was the start to the series of times where the United States allowed people to buy and posses what was supposed to be Indian owned land. this was important to this time frame because the massive increase in population allowed for agricultural growth, development of new states, for example Oklahoma, and was responsible for some of the uprising cities that used industrial factories.
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this was the main federal processing center for immigrants. it as important because it replaced the New York center, which was overwhelmed by the amount of immigrants trying to get through. It processed over 12 million people in only 62 years. it was also important t this time because they could deny the immigrants they thought were undesirable to their country more effectively.
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This place was used to process mainly African immigrants, and was a place of entry for the U.S. It was also used as a place for detention. over half a million immigrants were processed through here over the course of 30 years alone. It was important because they used it to detain, hold, and sometimes even deport immigrants under harsh conditions.