generally applied to the extraordinary transformation in the production‚ transportation‚ and communication through the substitution of mechanical manufacture for hard labor. This revolution gave way to a stream of inventors and investors‚ from Rockefeller‚ to Carnegie‚ to Thomas Edison. The start of the Industrial Revolution is often credited to Samuel Slater. He opened the first industrial mill‚ in the U.S.‚ in the year 1790. It was based on a British mill. Most of the products people use today are
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During early 20th century progressive-era America‚ a ghastly practice was undertaken on vast groups of people in American society. As the concept of mental health strayed from a biological perspective‚ public opinion settled on it being influenced by social and societal means. Enter Eugenics‚ which means “well-born.” Through none other than the macabre‚ forced means of Eugenics‚ did sociologists seek to better American society by the latest in-vogue school of thought. By employing methods such as
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When the Reconstruction Era ended with the infamous Compromise of 1877‚ a new era known as the Gilded Age emerged. This time period was plagued with corruption‚ industrialization of the the North and urbanization by farmers and blacks. The United States boomed with industry and new businesses‚ but at the same time‚ it led to a great deal of political corruption and scandals. People who were already rich became richer while the poor became poorer trying to work in dreadful conditions. During the late
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Points) What happened in Haymarket Square on May 1‚ 1886? What happened on May 4? Who was convicted in the trial? What did Governor Altgeld do in 1893? (Four points) What was the Homestead Lockout? What did Alexander Berkman do? What did Carnegie do? (Three points) Why did Pullman workers go on strike in 1895? What happened when Railroad workers went on a sympathy strike? What did President Cleveland do? How were the careers of Eugene Debs and Clarence Darrow affected? (Five points)
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Vanderbilt‚ Rockefeller‚ and others of the like‚ power became synonymous with wealth. One’s buying power established his/her position in society. Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie and Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth advance the notion that Gilded Age America’s obsession with upward mobility and chasing the American Dream ultimately corrupts
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Explain why the American economy expanded so much and so fast between 1890 and 1920. Between 1890 and 1920‚ the American economy expanded hugely at an extremely fast pace. This growth saw‚ by 1900‚ people employed in manufacturing‚ mining‚ construction and services rise from 4 million to 18 million and the USA was producing 30% of the worlds’ manufactured goods. There were many factors that caused this growth such as the development of the railways‚ immigration‚ a large supply of natural resources
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construction → this led to two profound depressions (1873-1879;1893-1897). Steel was needed to make the railroad‚ also land and labour to make it. Wealth was unequally distributed: only 1% of the population was rich and millionaire (Andrew Carnegie‚ John D. Rockefeller). Ulysses S. Grant He was a Northern Civil War hero and the 18th President of the US (1869-1877). His government was so corrupt that the term “Grantism” was coined to refer to the fraud‚ bribery and corruption of the office. He tried
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I.S.119 Nicola Zabiega Class 803 November 1st‚ 2012 BILL GATES OUR MODERN DAY ROBBER BARON You cannot live on past applause’ Ever since the industrial revolution in the 19th century the business men of America have tested to the limits of how far you can go to produce a product at a quick pace‚ and a cheap price. The start of this came many methods and new strategies to help earn the most money possible from the consumers. They worked off on the
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Marginalization is a situation whereby something or somebody is pushed to the edge of a gathering and considered less significant. This is transcendently a social marvel by which a minority or sub-gathering is avoided‚ and their needs or yearnings overlooked. Throughout the years‚ different authors and poets have confronted this social rejection and have been oppressed on matters like sexual orientation‚ race and nationality however have in the long run overcome such catastrophes. Linda D. Addison
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also provided a large‚ reliable work force. The development of the western region probed many to migrate westward. Over the years‚ as railroads developed‚ towns around the train tracks also appeared. Robber Barons‚ such as Andrew Carnegie‚ J.P. Morgan‚ and John D. Rockefeller also bought sections of the railroad and funded their establishments. They prevented the federal government from carrying the burden of paying
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