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Importance of railroad 1865: 35,000 miles of track, 1900: 192,556 Congress gives land to railroad companies Union Pacific railroad commissioned from Omaha Credit Mobilier Central Pacific from California Irish vs. Chinese workers Steel rails made possible by Bessemer process Westinghouse air brakes, Pullman cars, standard gauge

Importance of railroad? Time zones created because of railroads Corruption and the modern company First examples of trusts

Government involvement The Grange: organization of farmers Rebates Wabash Case Interstate commerce act (1887) Alexander G. Bell (1876) Thomas Edison (1879) Andrew Carnegie JP Morgan ($400 million to Carnegie) Rockefeller

Captains of Industry Cornelius Vanderbilt George Westinghouse George Pullman Jay Gould is back (and still shady) Thomas Edison (1879) Andrew Carnegie JP Morgan ($400 million to Carnegie) Rockefeller

More industry Gospel of Wealth James Buchanon Duke

New Industrial Revolution Impact on America Gibson Girl Employment practices yellow dog contracts, scabs, company town,lockout

Labor unions Knights of labor haymarket square riot AFL (samuel gompers)

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