In the time period during the Gilded Age, late 18th century to early 19th century, America's industrial economy exploded, creating pioneering opportunities for individuals to erect substantial wealth. Industrial giants like Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, J.P. Morgan, and John D. Rockefeller transformed business and launched in the modern corporate economy, but also, at times, eliminated free-market economic competition through the use of monopolies. Overall national wealth increased significantly, but many saw the gap growing between the rich and the poor along with it. The disparity between the realities of the rich, big business tycoons and the poor, “The Other Half”, were substantial, while the similarities between them were very…