WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Trolley Lines
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Elevated Rail Lines
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Subways
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Buses
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Detailed explanation-1: -Transcontinental Railroad It wasn’t long before trains overtook other forms of long-distance travel such as the stagecoach and riding horseback. In 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad was finished and led to rapid settlement of the western United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -The rapid increase in city populations caused crime rates to rise and disease to spread rapidly. The rapid population growth also caused cities to grow in building size.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Gilded Age was a period of economic growth as the United States jumped to the lead in industrialization ahead of Britain. The nation was rapidly expanding its economy into new areas, especially heavy industry like factories, railroads, and coal mining.
Detailed explanation-4: -Nativists in the United States reserved special hatred for Chinese immigrants-a group that had worked countless hours of labor at low wages, especially on railroad construction in the West. Unions pressed Congress to pass the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, completely banning Chinese immigration to the United States.