During the Gilded Age, the US experienced a tremendous boom of industrialization that swept the nation and propelled the US to the top of the international powers. ... Gilded Age robber barons such as Jay Gould, Andrew Carnegie, and John D. ... During the Gilded Age, America adopted the laissez-faire policy of capitalism. ... Gould, Carnegie, and Rockefeller were some of the most prominent robber barons of the Gilded Age. ... Rockefeller was the single most corrupt robber baron during the Gilded Age. ...

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