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The Rise of Big Business
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Andrew Carnagie
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Steel Empire
• Andrew Carnagie- Scottish immigrant
• Made a fortune on steel mills
• Believed the rich had a duty to help the poor, called this the “Gospel of Wealth”
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Rise of the Corporation
• A corporation is a business that is owned by investors
• A corporation sells stocks or shares in the business
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John D. Rockefeller
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Rockefeller’s Oil Empire
• Built oil refineries• Bought out all other
oil companies• Shrewd businessman• Created a monopoly
on oil
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Immigration
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Why Immigrants Came
• Land became scarce in Europe
• Political and religious persecution
• American factories needed labor
• The promise of freedom
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Where Did They Come From?
• Northern and western Europe
• Southern and Eastern Europe
• Americas
• Asia– Chart on page 603
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Becoming American
• Newcomers struggled to adjust
• Had to acculturate• Acculturation is the
process of holding onto older traditions while adjusting to new ones
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Resistance
• Nativists sought to limit immigration
• Argued that their language, traditions, and religions were too different
• Threatened because they would work for a lower wage