The United States changed from a largely rural‚ agrarian civilization to an industrial economy focused on big cities in the course of a few decades in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During this period‚ the number of native-born people migrating from rural to urban areas increased‚ but the influx of immigrants into cities far outstripped the speed of domestic migration. The population of foreign-born people rose from about 7 million to just under 14 million between 1880 and 1920. However
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In 1873‚ the late nineteenth century was named The Gilded Age‚ thanks to Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner. This reflected the time’s combination of dazzle and wealth along with poverty and inner corruption. Most historians define this period by it’s negatives‚ due to a lack of powerful presidents and cheap history. These people‚ Twain and Warner included‚ weren’t wrong about The Gilded Age’s corruption. However. there were also some of the most influential years in American history during this
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effects that technology has on society and vice versa have changed and evolved since the Technological Revolution of the late 19th century‚ just as the technology has. “Scholars now talk about how the push and pull between technology and society‚ rather than just the push of technology on society.”[1] Since the Technological Revolution‚ in the late 19th century and early 20th century‚ technology has integrated itself into society as a part of human culture‚ lifestyle‚ and need. With Edison’s invention
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the late nineteenth and early twentieth century shared many similarities and differences to that of previous American expansionist ideals. In both cases of American expansionism‚ the Americans believed that we must expand our borders in order to keep the country running upright. Also‚ the Americans believed that the United States was the strongest of nations‚ and that they could take any land they pleased. This is shown in the "manifest destiny" of the 1840’s and the "Darwinism" of the late 1800’s
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Prior to the 19th century‚ women lived in a time defined by gender unbalance. Women had no legal‚ social‚ or political rights that people take for granted today. Women were denied key rights like married women could not own property‚ had very little control over personal property‚ they were rarely granted legal custody of their children in case of divorce‚ had no legal claim to any money they might ear‚ could not sue or be sued‚ could not testify in court‚ were banned from institutions and higher
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During the 19th century new inventors helped farmers‚ important people owned big businesses‚ the economy was thriving‚ etc. On top of that‚ businesses from small to big continued to prosper causing the economy to continually rise. However‚ big businesses contributed the most with the rise of the economy‚ and also caused most of the problems. Problems and benefits were the help of industrial giants that built their businesses‚ transfer of goods by railroads‚ and workers placed under bad conditions
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Major Inventions of the Late 19th Century and Early 20th Century They have been many major inventions within the late 19th and early 20th century. Throughout history‚ these inventions have made great impacts on society. Three of these inventions that made the greatest impact are the telephone‚ the telegraph‚ and the light bulb. Each of these inventions has made a different impact in some way but they are still some of the greatest inventions. The telephone has left a huge impact on the world
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Major Causes for Imperialism in the Late 19th and 20th Centuries With the growth of new technology after the Industrial Revolution‚ new technology allowed European nations to begin to expand their control over lesser countries. Many people wanted to gain these lands for a variety of reasons. First of all‚ with new lands added to major countries‚ the economy would be able to expand. Secondly‚ many Europeans wanted more land so that their country could achieve national greatness. Thirdly‚ as greater
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the slums were a terrible place to live in. This was a place where crime flourished and gangs terrorized the residents into extortion through robberies and beatings. The first early efforts to help improve housing for the poor was during the late 19th century‚ when photojournalist Jacob Riis exposed the impoverished conditions that people in New York City were living in. His haunting photographs of the slums and his powerful book‚ How The Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York
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School System :) Education for all has been one of the grand causes of national progress. Less than a century ago comparatively few of the working folk could read. One of the reasons for the growth of popular education has been the spread of democratic ideas and of the application of industry to science. It began to dawn upon the people how profitable it would be for each inhabitant of a country to be able to communicate with or receive communications from others through ability to read and
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