*Includes pictures *Includes the business magnates\' quotes about life and work *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The Gilded Age and the dawn of the 20th century are often remembered as an era full of monopolies, trusts, and economic giants in heavy industries like oil and steel.
The era also made names like Astor, Cooke, and Vanderbilt insta.
Morgan merged and consolidated them.
Men like Andrew Carnegie built empires like Carnegie Steel, and financiers like J.
P. *Includes pictures *Includes the business magnates\' quotes about life and work *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The Gilded Age and the dawn of the 20th century are often remembered as an era full of monopolies, trusts, and economic giants in heavy industries like oil and steel