23. The Gilded Age: 1865–1900(Snaps) Steel workers in 1905, Meadville PA
24. The Gilded Age: 1865–1900(Snaps) 1904 cartoon entitled "Next!" depicting Standard Oil as a ruthless octopus
25. The Gilded Age: 1865–1900(Snaps) 1900 panoramic image of the Chicago slaughter houses Carnegie Steel Co. facility in Ohio c.1910
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53. The New Economy: 1990s to 2007 This graph shows three major stock indices since 1975. Notice the meteoric rise of the stock market in the 1990s, followed by the collapse of the dot-com bubble in 2000 on the tech-heavy NASDAQ.