WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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immigration to America increased
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political machines gained power
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manufacturing areas grew near centers of population
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conflicts developed between different cultural groups
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Detailed explanation-1: -Following the desire for a better material life for themselves and their children, the desire for religious freedom probably motivated more immigrants to come to America than any other concern-and the two desires have often been inextricably linked.
Detailed explanation-2: -Colonists came to America because they wanted political liberty. They wanted religious freedom and economic opportunity. The United States is a country where individual rights and self-government are important. This has always been true.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the storybook version most of us learned in school, the Pilgrims came to America aboard the Mayflower in search of religious freedom in 1620. The Puritans soon followed, for the same reason.