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This event would make John D. Rockefeller one of the first billionaires of his time, his power of controlling oil production made him a number one supplier to many companies.
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This event was initiated soon after the stock market crashed and later triggered the Great Depression.
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Multiple railroads went on strike due to pay cuts, which resulted in transportation being disrupted.
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This kept chinese immigrants from coming into the U.S.
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A system where people were chosen for job positions using exams, and decisions didn't rely completely on social class.
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This event introduced 8 hour work days and marked the beginning of union activism.
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This allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands.
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Pinkertons and angry workers went to war because the workers wages were cut.
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A widespread railroad strike/boycott because of wage cuts and getting fired.
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McKinley was the 25th president of the U.S up until his assassination in 1901.