WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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Immigrationand urbanization provided a surplus of cheaplabor.
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Government-mandated education led to a more well-educated populaceready and able to competewith other industrial nations.
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The discovery of oil reserves made America therichest nation in the world.
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State-supported universities focused primarilyon providing the skills necessaryfor the nation’s continued industrial development.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the years after the Civil War, advances in technology began to change the nation. There were three causes of these advances: a large supply of natural resources, an explosion of inventions, and a growing city population that wanted the new products. One of the more important natural resources was oil.
Detailed explanation-2: -Railroads expanded significantly, bringing even remote parts of the country into a national market economy. Industrial growth transformed American society. It produced a new class of wealthy industrialists and a prosperous middle class. It also produced a vastly expanded blue collar working class.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many factors promoted industry, including cheap labor, new inventions and technology, and plentiful raw materials. Railroads rapidly expanded. Government policies encouraged growth, and large corporations became an important part of the economy.
Detailed explanation-4: -What was an important effect of industrialization in the United States in the later part of the nineteenth century? People began to move from cities to rural areas.