WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Chinese & Irish
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Irish & Japanese
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Chinese & Japanese
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Chinese & Italians
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Detailed explanation-1: -Chinese laborers were vital in constructing the First Transcontinental Railroad. They worked on the Central Pacific line, which started in Sacramento, California, and worked to the east.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the turn of the century, why did most immigrants to the United States settle in cities? Jobs were readily available. Government relief programs required immigrants to settle in cities. Labor union leaders encouraged unrestricted immigration.
Detailed explanation-3: -What best accounts for the sharp increase of Immigrants during the period 1880-1910? Many southern and eastern Europeans turned to America for financial gain and political freedom.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following was a difference between the immigration from 1865 to 1895 depicted in the graph and immigration in the 1840s and 1850s? More immigrants in the 1840s and 1850s arrived with cultural practices similar to those of Americans than did the immigrants who arrived between 1865 and 1895.
Detailed explanation-5: -The “condition of affairs” refers to the “great irregularity” or unequal distribution of wealth that Carnegie has been discussing.