WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Trade with other nations declined
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Business leaders called for lower tariffs
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The urban population increased
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Corporations supported the growth of labor unions.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Between 1880 and 1900, cities in the United States grew at a dramatic rate. Owing most of their population growth to the expansion of industry, U.S. cities grew by about 15 million people in the two decades before 1900.
Detailed explanation-2: -The rise of the metropolis in the nineteenth century created a distinctive urban culture. Millions moved from the countryside and overseas to become city dwellers; the urban population grew from 6 million to 44 million between 1860 and 1910.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many factors promoted industry, including cheap labor, new inventions and technology, and plentiful raw materials. Railroads rapidly expanded. Government policies encouraged growth, and large corporations became an important part of the economy.
Detailed explanation-4: -“Changes and growth of industrialization in the late 19th century had overwhelmingly negative effects on American society, which included the decline of working pride, damage to the economy, poverty, and governmental corruption.”
Detailed explanation-5: -Overview In the decades following the Civil War, the United States emerged as an industrial giant. The American West, 1865-1900 The completion of the railroads to the West following the Civil War opened up vast areas of the region to settlement and economic development.