RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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passing national legislation
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improving working conditions
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increasing opportunities for minorities
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using nonviolent methods of protest
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Detailed explanation-1: -Urbanization and technological creativity led to many engineering advances such as bridges and canals, elevators and skyscrapers, trolley lines and subways. The invention of electricity brought illumination to homes and businesses and created an unprecedented, thriving night life.
Detailed explanation-2: -The economy moved from agrarian to industrial; consumer goods were mass-produced and readily available. However, manufacturing was not the only industry that experienced growth. The railroad industry grew as the need to transport people and goods increased.
Detailed explanation-3: -The dominant issues were cultural (especially regarding prohibition, education, and ethnic or racial groups) and economic (tariffs and money supply). With the rapid growth of cities, political machines increasingly took control of urban politics. In business, powerful nationwide trusts formed in some industries.
Detailed explanation-4: -Joan Waugh’s Gilded Age Homepage. The rapid and vast economic expansion of the post-Civil War years brought far-reaching social and cultural changes. Probably the most important was the transformation of the United States from a rural and agrarian nation to an urban and industrial one.