Immigrants‚ including Chinese‚ Irish‚ German‚ and Scandinavian immigrants‚ as well as displaced rural workers‚ flooded urban areas in the hopes of finding employment. The railroad industries captained mainly by Andrew Carnegie and Cornelius Vanderbilt welcomed these immigrants with thousands of job openings. The railroad industry was not the only industry that provided many jobs for these people. Rockefeller’s oil industry also provided many jobs for the unemployed. As is shown in Document I‚
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corporations that either thrived or died. The ones who did manage to make it big‚ many of whom were owners of the major railroads‚ factory bosses‚
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they moved to America. He soon found a job as a bobbin boy at a cotton factory where he only earned $1.20 a week. He also worked as a messenger in a telegraph office and secretary and telegraph operator for the superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1859‚ Carnegie made investments in a variety of businesses.
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The Social Impact of Industrialization (consequences) I. Background II. The Impact of Unchecked Industrialization A. New Products and Greater Access - Made life easier - Railroads made it easier to transport goods and made it available nationwide - Made it easier to do business (electricity allowed for business elsewhere) - Prices were lowered as goods became more accessible B. Rise of Monopolies - Americans at the time found it hard to compete with big name companies -
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segregation on public transportation. The Union League was an organization laced with the Republican party. Thousands of southern blacks became a part of the Union League and the majority of black voters‚ that were eligible‚ registered to vote. By 1870‚ all people that were formerly from the Confederacy had been put back into the Union and most of them were also under the control of the Republican Party. In 1868 and 1869‚ they drafted their new state constitutions and were a big improvement over
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countries. Modern transportation impacted the trade market greatly. Countries needed a cheap‚ fast way to get goods from place to place. Because of railroads‚ the availability of manufactured goods and foods increased. The fourth most trade market was the British Empire‚ circa 1870‚ with 21% of global output of trade. The British Empire was where the railroad was created‚ thus making it the first country
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severe lack of interest and concern with the people‚ idleness within the government and its decisions‚ as well as numerous instances of groups’ tending to maintain the disposition to shift toward the extremes. Background: The time throughout the 1870s and some of the twentieth century acquired the name of the “Gilded Age.” The era was a time of economic growth‚ especially in the North and West. However‚ the Gilded Age was also a time of poverty. Paragraph I: Apathy – lack of interest/concern
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intervened.[44] Great Railroad Strike of 1877 Main article: Great Railroad Strike of 1877 Sixth Regiment of the Maryland Militia fighting its way through Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ 20 July 1877 The great railroad strike of 1877 saw considerable violence by‚ and against‚ workers‚ and occurred before unions were widespread. It started on July 14 in Martinsburg‚ West Virginia‚ in response to the cutting of wages for the second time in a year by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O). Striking workers
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also enlisted some American Indians as scouts or as soldier struggling to perform their duties A.1. Sand Creek A.1.a) John M. Chivington- U.S. Army colonel arrived at the camp with 700 Colorado volunteers A.1.b) Sand Creek Massacre-Attack by U.S Army troops in which some 200 peaceful Cheyenne were killed in Colorado A.1.c) To end the fighting the government created a peace commission A.1.d) The following year‚ in a second Treaty of Fort Laramie‚ the Sioux agreed to move to a reservation in the Black
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approach towards business. Under the laissez-faire principle‚ free‚ unregulated markets led to competition‚ yet this system suffered under the wrath of growing corporations. The impact of big business on the economy and politics was immense during 1870 to 1899. Corporations were growing significantly in number and size‚ which had a domineering affect on American economy and defined American life. The growing corporations in America dominated most of the economy‚ creating a large gap between the
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