1. Big Business

2. 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.

3. The Gilded Age
The Breakers (NH)
The Slums

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

5. Alexander Graham Bell

6. Thomas Edison

7. Menlo Park

8. George Washington Carver

9. Orville and Wilbur Wright

10. Kitty Hawk, NC

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

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

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