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Big Business

Millions of immigrants came to the U. S Millions of immigrants came to the U.S. to work in cities such as Pittsburg, Cleveland, and Chicago.

The Gilded Age The Breakers (NH) The Slums

The Gilded Age (cont.) The Biltmore (NC) The Tenements

Alexander Graham Bell

Thomas Edison

Menlo Park

George Washington Carver

Orville and Wilbur Wright

Kitty Hawk, NC

Carnegie reinvested his profits until he owned every step in the process of making steel. Andrew Carnegie United States Steel (used the Bessemer process)

Rockefeller reinvested his profits until he bought out nearly all of the competition. John D. Rockefeller Standard Oil (located on Lake Erie)

Many state governments passed laws to try to stop monopolies and promote competition.