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Industrialization & the Gilded Age
Rapid industrial growth created immense wealth for industrialists while raising new questions about labor conditions, monopolies, and government's role in regulating the economy.
Overview
Figures like Rockefeller and Carnegie built enormous industrial empires; meanwhile, labor unions organized in response to poor factory conditions and low wages, leading to conflicts like the Homestead and Pullman strikes.
Practice Quiz
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What social tension characterized the Gilded Age's rapid industrialization?