Though the 19th century saw the rise of populism, the labor movement and Jacksonian democracy, it also ushered in the Gilded Age, when men like Cornelius Vanderbilt and J. P. Morgan wielded vast control over politics and business.

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The 19th century saw the rise of the labor movement, Jacksonian democracy and powerful Gilded Age men like Cornelius Vanderbilt and J.P. Morgan.

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