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Andrew Carnegie- second richest man in the late 1800s came from scottland, lived to be 83, had a lot of investments in railroads, made a lot of his money through steel manufacturing, created a monopoly.
Break up of the Standard Oil company- rockefeller and his co-workers created the standard oil company, took 10 years to take over all of the oil companies, would buy out all supplies that it would take to build oil barrels so the other companies wouldnt be able to store their oil. finally broken up by the sherman anti-trust law.
the american mafia- originally started over by italy, killed people for money, gangsters started in large cities, gambling, prostitution, alcohol.
grover cleavland- the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms, first democrat elected. wanted to lower tarriffs. couldnt handle the depression which led to the citizens not liking him and siding with the Republicans. reform president- wanted to help people out and make changes.
John D. Rockefeller- died at 98 years old. born in new york. good businessman. richest man in the late 1800s. created standard oil. retired in 1900. standard oil was split up in 1911. brought out hundreds of oil businesses. created a big monopoly.
Barbed wire- in the plains they couldnt use wooden fences because there were no trees. one strand of wire couldnt hold. joseph glidden put a barb on one wire and twisted it with another to create barbed wire. cowboys didnt llike the barbed wire.
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