USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia had over one million inhabitants. In fact, roughly 40 percent of Americans lived in cities and the number increased as each day passed. The rapid increase in city populations caused crime rates to rise and disease to spread rapidly.

Detailed explanation-2: -During the Gilded Age, a growing number of Americans worked in urban areas in manufacturing factories. They worked 10-hour shifts, six days a week. The wages they earned were barely enough to support their families. Adults worked long and hard and sometimes they were injured as a result of their jobs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Compared to today, workers were extremely vulnerable during the Gilded Age. As workers moved away from farm work to factories, mines and other hard labor, they faced harsh working conditions such as long hours, low pay and health risks. Children and women worked in factories and generally received lower pay than men.

Detailed explanation-4: -In United States history, the Gilded Age was an era extending roughly from 1877 to 1896, which was sandwiched between the Reconstruction era and the Progressive Era. It was a time of rapid economic growth, especially in the Northern and Western United States.