Rich Carnegie invested in railroads and made billions bought all parts that made whole Rockefeller brought all companies to trust Vanderbilt railroads Sherman Anti trust Act made trusts monopolies that weren t merged to make a monopoly illegal Social Darwinism rich thought were rich b c they were smarter more talented etc so they deserved their money rich donated money gave tools to poor to become rich philanthropy poor were poor because they were stupid and didn t try Poor farmers factory workers any race immigrants lived in dirty homes families crammed into one room unions to fight for better working conditions 8 hour work day better wages strikes collective bargaining workers and bosses made a deal Chinese Exclusion Act formid immigrants from China Japanese segregated Gentlemen s Agreement Japan would send only send skilled Japanese it Japanese were not segregated anymore between Roosevelt and Japanese government
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