Vanderbilt's Accomplishments

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Before the 1860s U.S. railroads were inefficient for big business to explode, and shipping goods wasn’t as easy before Cornelius Vanderbilt organized a steam ship company. He also controlled all lines of railroad linking New York to the Great Lakes. His strategy was to create a monopoly to gain wealth and power of all the effective railroad lines into one major company. He expressed competition and set unfair prices for the workers. The workers soon revolted and went on strike in 1877 due to the low pay and increase of work hours. Some accomplishments of Vanderbilt are the standards gauge, safety signals, steel rails, and he set up standard time. He might of been a benefit of society but he was a terrible father of 13. On December 19, 1813,