Between the 1870sand 1890s, the American economy underwent massive growth and change.
Factors that led to an Industrial Revolution:
*New Technology (including electricity and Bessemer Process)
*New Transportation (Including Transcontinental Railroad)
*Cheap labor (Due to immigration)
*Plenty of raw materials (From the West)
=American Industrial Revolution
At this time, the Revolution effected every aspect of life:
-Some of the wealthiest people in the world were alive at this time. Such as Rockefeller.
-Native Americans lost their lands west of the Mississippi River.
-Immigrants and Rural Americans move into the cities and take factory jobs.
-The Government was very pro-business and Laisse Faire (Hands off)
The Gilded Age!
Everything looked good at the top, but really there was over-population, massive pollution, jobs were extremely dangerous and there was Child Labor.
Farmer Frustration-
-Misuse of land grants (Land sold to businesses)
-Price Discrimination
When there is competition, charge little.
When there is no competition, charge a lot.
Native Americans-
The Native American population begins to die off due to war, disease and loss of Buffalo. Those who survived lived on Reservations.
Dawes Act-
*Divided up reservation land into personal property.
*Education programs to "Americanize" like the Carlisle School
*Assimilation: The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a
resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of
being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to
another.
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