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In the early 1900s, President Theodore Roosevelt's progressive legislation, dubbed the Square Deal, aimed to limit the power of corporations, protect consumers, and conserve natural resources. The Square Deal drastically changed the United States – and still impacts our lives today.
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John Davidson Rockefeller lived from 1839-1937. In this Film Ideas video, explore his earlyentrepreneurial endeavors, social habits,business management strategies, the Standard Oil Company, and the "Cleveland Execution."Rockefeller considers September 26, 1855 the day of his rebirth.
9) Oil Strike
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Kerosene is lighting America after dark in unprecedented ways. The demand for oil is sky high and Vanderbilt knows that oil can fill his trains.
11) Blood Is Spilled
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Carnegie hires a hatchet man, Henry Frick, to help him achieve his goal of besting Rockefellar. The partnership seems promising, but Carnegie does not know that Frick is running his factories far beyond capacity.
13) Owning It All
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With an investment from Morgan, the Edison Electric Company is created and begins wiring homes in New York. A rival, Nikola Tesla, soon emerges with a different technology for electric light.
17) The Line
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The Eastern United States was crowded with immigrants, while the West held the tantalizing promise of vast riches and gold—between the two lay a harsh wilderness. A transcontinental railway was needed to avoid dangerous wagon travel that few survived. Two corporate giants were pitched against each other in a race to join the East and West Coasts of the young nation.
18) The New Machine
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A young engineer named Henry Ford devises the plan for a gas-powered car. McKinley is assassinated and his VP Theodore Roosevelt takes office and quickly passes a series of regulations increasing oversight of American business.
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Jack London, the world-famous author of The Call of the Wild, is one of the most significant American figures of the 20th century. Born at the very time when the conquest of the West was living its final moments and America was entering modern times, Jack London participated in all the major political, social, and cultural evolutions of the time. Episode two covers the years 1905-1916.