WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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development of the airplane
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expansion of the railroads
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mass production of automobiles
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widespread use of steamboats
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Detailed explanation-1: -One factor that furthered industrialization in the United States between 1865 and 1900. When people immigrated to the United States they increase opportunity. During the late 1800s, industrialization in the United States was characterized by the growth.
Detailed explanation-2: -The rise of the United States as an industrial power began after the Civil War. Many factors promoted industry, including cheap labor, new inventions and technology, and plentiful raw materials.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which factor most influenced the growth of the United States economy between 1865 and 1900? Governmental policy of laissez faire.
Detailed explanation-4: -Railroads. Many of these strikes involved the railroads; the whole economy seemed to revolve around the railroads. At the end of the 1870s the railroads renewed their expansion.
Detailed explanation-5: -A surge of technological innovations and inventions, like Thomas Edison’s incandescent lightbulb and Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone, fueled this economic growth. The economic boom made the rich richer and the poor poorer, widening the already large economic gap between the two groups.