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John D. Rockefeller. Greasy robber baron, or philanthropic saint? Why not both? Boy, that's a weird combination... 

What do you do when your war material factory loses all of its customers? Make the factory even bigger. ...Well that sounds ridiculous, but so...

Have you ever told one of your siblings to stop poking you, only to have them do something like hold their hand right in front of your face instead...

Today we'll learn about plans to assimilate the American Indian population after reconstruction. If you've ever seen Star Trek, you'll know that fo...

While Booker T. Washington was happy with any sort of progress at first, W. E. B. Du Bois was carrying more of a "Go Big or Go Home" philosophy. Le...

According to George Washington, political parties may just be why we can't have nice things. Let's learn about an early (and very corrupt) politica...

First Industrial Revolution. Second...Industrial...Revolution... Ugh, how many more? We're getting dizzy here.

Today we'll learn about why you shouldn't phone it in after inventing the phone (or anything else for that matter). Whoever files their patent firs...

Think your chores are bad? During the first Industrial Revolution, children as young as ten often worked more than eight hours a day for less than...

Steel yourself. That big rich guy who paid for Carnegie Hall, Carnegie Mellon University, and hundreds of libraries all around the country...used o...

Believe it or not, people used to have to work just as fast as the machines told them to. Yikes. Sounds more like a dystopian future movie. Where's...

Born with a silver mustache on his mouth, J.P. Morgan grew up to be one of the biggest, richest bankers on the block. He made so much money that it...

Today we'll learn about how electricity jump-started mass production and eventually led to electronic books named after rain forests that currently...

Hm...working and contributing to society, or eating bonbons at home? Tough choice for us at here at Shmoop. Maybe we should work at a bonbon factory?

Anarchy is kind of like being left at home without parental supervision for the first time. It's all fun and games til the Guy Fawkes masks come out.

It's a good thing muckrakers brought about political reform, because raking muck doesn't really seem all that productive. Didn't they have shovels...

Today we're going to learn about Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, and their roles in the First Great Awakening. Awakening to some guys screamin...

The "Captains of Industry" were a super team of businessmen known for empowering the US's economy through industrial production. We know it's not q...

Have you ever thought about how thankful you are that you don't have to drink sewer water? Or walk through garbage every day? Or meet pigs and hors...

Communism aside, Karl really did make his mark with that epic beard. We're jealous every time we see it.