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Cynthia Garcia (4-1 Railroads transformed the economy and geography of…
Cynthia Garcia
4-1 Railroads transformed the economy and geography of United States on the late 1800s.
Railroad barons controlled all the nations railroads
Pools were formed to divide up business among ,themselves and set identical rates.
Railroads allowed American to settle in the west
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4-2 New technologies began transformation of society that has helped the world we live in today.
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Edison invented the lightbulb
Bell created the telephone and the Bell telephone company.
Samuel Morse developed the telegraph.Telegraph transmitted messages over long distance.
4-3 Industrial expansion was mas made possible in part by the development of the new business practices and organizations though there were cost to the new way of doing business.
The sherman trust act -Tried to break up trust to ease the public´s concern over monopolies
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The change from agriculture economy to an industrial one was possible because we have all the factors of production (land,capital,labor)
Andrew carnegie a steel baron and philanthropist who donated millions to worthy causes.
4-4 Industrial created a large group of workers and also difficult working conditions.The result was the beginnings of the labor movement.
workers were demanding for better pay and better working conditions formed unions(The Triangle Waist Company Fire)
Strikebreakers were hired to replace striking workers
child labor laws started that you had to be at least 12 years old to work in factory.many owners ignored this law.
5-1 immigrants to the United States brought with them the cultures heritage of their homelands.
Nativists groups who opposed the new waves of immigration(did not welcome immigrants)
The immigrants had a difficult time to fit in and most immigrants were in poverty because they had no money to begin with and It was difficult to find jobs and if they did they still would not get paid fairly.
Immigrants came to the U.S to seek freedom from injustice and better economic opportunities.
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5-2 immigrants and rural Americans migrated to the rapidly growing cities for jobs and opportunity
most middle class had electricity and were Fancy,but if you were poor it was crowded,filthy city districts suffered from many diseases.
transportation and resources helped cities grow.one example is Chicago and Kansas city grew into meat packing centers. because transportation was so vital to growth they added a bridge to straddle the Mississippi River in St. Louis.
Often called the Glided Age because of the extravagant wealth and the terrible poverty that lay beneath it.
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5-3 The culture of a society changes over time and reflects the beliefs and values of that society.
The Morrill act was passed that gave the states land which to build colleges including woman collages.
sports and Jazz became a big deal.Baseball became the national pass-time.James Naismith invented basketball.Jazz spread out from the New Orleans.
Growth on education/there were more high schools but most kid did not attend high school.
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6-1 Individuals and groups worked to remedy what they believed were unjust and unfair conditions and policies
President James Garfield was assassinated by a frustrated government job seeker.
Robert La Follettte introduced the primary election-allowed citizens to choose which candidates appear on election ballots.
William M.Tweed ran the corrupt,Democratic political machine In New York City
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6-2 woman joined together to work for social,political.and economic rights.
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