During the time after the Reconstruction era, an era that mended the country from the destructive Civil War, large corporations, wealthy business tycoons and even the federal government took advantage of the weak economy to establish a strong and secure basis in the rejoined nation. While new inventions and innovations aided the creation of new businesses in a variety of fields, including manufactured ice for long distance food transportation, large corporations began to stabilize monopolies on certain industries such as the railroad, steel and oil. In result, small business could not stand a chance against the monopolized, structured, and wealthy corporations. Furthermore, these corporations were financially aided by the government excessively,…