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Show Post-Civil-War Industries Made Many Millionaires So tremendous was the industrial indus-trial development in this country for two decades after the Civil war that it produced several hundred millionaires, says Collier's. Between 1890 and 1910, more than 500 daughters of such millionaires mil-lionaires were married to titled Europeans. As the majority of the husbands were poor, the ultimate cost of these international unions to the families of the girls has been estimated at 220 million dollars. |