The demand for oil goes sky high and Vanderbilt turns to John D. Rockefeller.
Andrew Carnegie immigrates to the United States with his parents and starts working at age 12.
Carnegie hires Henry Frick to help him achieve his goal of besting Rockefellar.
Carnegie and Rockefeller continue to battle; JP Morgan establishes a bank in New York City.
The Edison Electric Company is created and begins wiring homes in New York.
Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan plan to buy the White House.