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Rockefeller incorporates the Standard Oil Company which became the largest oil company in the world. This was the first great industrial monopoly in the world and it started in America -
The Great Chicago Fire lasted from October 8th-10th in 1871, it was caused by a fire in a barn and killed about 300 people while burning approximately 3.3 square miles of the city. -
Enacted to guarantee equal rights for African Americans
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This prohibited the immigration of Chinese workers to the US