Gilded Age Flocab

They increased competition between businesses in a market.

They distributed more wealth to the poor.

They squashed competition and allowed their owners to control a market.

They caused their owners to lose a lot of money.

J.P. Morgan

Andrew Carnegie

John D. Rockefeller

Cornelius Vanderbilt

oil

steel

automobile

railroad

to regulate big business

to stop yellow journalism

to get rid of machine politics

to bail out the government

the government should have control over all businesses

wealth should be distributed equally among everyone

the strongest, most hard-working people will rise to the top of society

it is wrong to have a gap between the rich and poor

to help workers organize into union

to help Teddy Roosevelt get elected president

to shame robber barons

to sell more newspapers

"rags to riches"

"riches to rags"

"laissez to faire"

"faire to laissez"

made the prices of goods very low

kept workers' wages very low

made working conditions excellent

never hired child laborers

He thought of the idea for the Sherman Antitrust Act.

He encouraged the US to go to war in Cuba.

He increased oil production.

He gave the government $62 million in gold.

newspapers

steel

equal pay for women

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