WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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the actions of Andrew Carnegie to control the mining to manufacturing of steel
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the activities of Andrew Mellon by participating in various boards of trustees
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the establishment of international farms by Sanford Dole
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the creation of an automobile company by Henry Ford
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which statement describes an effect of mass production on the U.S. economy? Assembly lines increased the affordability of automobiles.
Detailed explanation-2: -And yet, by the 1880s, the great cattle drives were largely done. The railroads had created them, and the railroads ended them: railroad lines pushed into Texas and made the great drives obsolete.
Detailed explanation-3: -The railroad industry grew as the need to transport people and goods increased. The rapid growth of the manufacturing industry created a great need for unskilled workers. This demand caused migration as farm workers moved from rural areas of the United States to find jobs in America’s rapidly growing cities.
Detailed explanation-4: -Robber Barons They soon accumulated vast amounts of money and dominated every major industry including the railroad, oil, banking, timber, sugar, liquor, meatpacking, steel, mining, tobacco and textile industries.