Wealthy businessmen of the gilded age who followed in the footsteps of andrew carnegie in donating their wealth included leland stanford and william gladden. charles darwin and william gladden. john d. rockefeller and charles darwin. john d. rockefeller and leland stanford.

John D. Rockefeller and Leland Stanford

b. the 200th birthday of the united states

religion played a major role in the american revolution by offering a moral sanction for opposition to the british--an assurance to the average american that revolution was justified in the sight of god. the revolution strengthened millennialist strains in american.