AMERICA 1875-1890:

WAKING AN INDUSTRIAL GIANT

Industry, Immigration, Cities, and Wealth

How did the US become an Industrial Giant?

Natural Resources

What draws people to America?

From where do immigrants come?

How does the government help business grow?

Railroads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBpTohx1BOc

Challenges of Industrialization and Urbanization

Laissez faire & Social Darwinism

Business Gets Big

Labor Unrest

Samuel Gompers Eugene Debs

Political Machines

Civil Service Reform

Dawn of Mass Culture