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Cities are built and people begin to go live in the city.
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socialism spreads which is an economic and political philosophy that favors public control of property and income.
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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published this pamphlet on socialism.
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Elisha Otis developed an elevator that would not fall if the cable broke which led to the building of big buildings
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Edwin Drake drilled what became the world's first oil well in Pennsylvania.
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After the oil well, the oil industry quickly grew along with other oil related industries.
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Charles Darwin publishes the Origin of Species creating Social Darwinism that justified American capitolism.
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The mass production in the civil war sparked industrial growth after the war ended.
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The country starts to develop a better railway system for people to travel.
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Uriah Smith Stephens founded the labor union called the Knights of Labor.
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The number of corporations increase dramatically and played a big part in industry.
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Yellowstone National Park is established to preserve land.
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Workers strike to get a shorter 8 hour work day. THere was more violence.
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Railroad workers strike because of cut wages and led to violence. This prompted other strikers to use violence.
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American exports of grain, steel, and textiles dominate international markets.
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Factory owners hire people who will work for low wages.
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The excess of jobs prompt immigrants to come to America.
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Prohibited Chinese laborers from entering Us and limited their rights.
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Samuel Gompers formed the American Federation of Labor union.
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Created to regulate businesses
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Streetcars powered by overhead electric cables were introduced in Richmond, VA which mad transit easier.
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Regulated trusts and make monopolies illegal.
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Jacob Riis photographs and exposes the poor living conditions.
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Droughts force farmers to come to cities to find work.
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Social workers work to get children out of factories and into public school.
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After many failed strikes, the Knights of Labor union disappears.
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Wages were cut and the public opinion on unions is turning.
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Wages were cut, but noth the cost of living. The American Railway Union was formed and work unions lost power.
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Boston began to run streetcars underground and made the first subway system.
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A court case was taken place that established that Chinese people born in America were citizents but people ignored this ruling.
