6:2 Expansion West: railroads made it possible for business and people to travel west. Central Pacific and Union Pacific: central pacific employed chinese immigrants, union pacific employed out of work war veterans. Time zones: railroad companies made 4 time zones. Interstate Commerce Act of 1887: regulated the railroads so they werent too monopolic, farmers didn't like the railroads, but they needed them.
6:3 Andrew Carnegie: started off poor, then became rich from making steel. Monopoly: when one business owned a lot of one certain thing. John D. Rockefeller: he would drive other people out of business by lowering the prices of items, he started off not very wealthy, he was the richest man in the world when he died, he was a falantherpist. Sherman Anti-Trust Act: act that tried to break up big businesses like carnegie steel and Standard Oil.
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