WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Businesses relocated to suburban areas.
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Factories were able to open late into the night.
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Cottage industries expanded into more homes.
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Assembly lines were able to move more quickly.
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the last half of the late 19th century, Chicago proved to be the fastest growing city in the world. Overall, 15.3 percent of Americans lived in cities in 1850. By 1900, that percentage had increased to 39.7, and kept growing.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1911, California voters approved the constitutional processes of initiative, referendum, and recall. Through these processes, voters can adopt a change in law (an initiative), disapprove a law passed by the Legislature (a referendum), or remove an elected official from office (a recall).
Detailed explanation-3: -Why were the technological innovations listed above developed in the late nineteenth century? Farmers began experimenting with new inventions to sell in newly-formed businesses. Business leaders had money to invest in research and development of new technologies.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Civil Service Reform was an effort to replace the spoils system with a merit system.