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Gilded Age

The cattle drives of the 1800s and the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad led to meatpacking becoming a major industry.

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​The Cattle Industry

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U.S. Cattle Industry in the Nineteenth Century

- Wild cattle multiplied for centuries in the Southwest

- Growing cities created more demand for beef

- Cowboys rounded up cattle and drove them to shipping centers on railroad lines

- The introduction of barbed wire and windmills led to large-fenced ranches

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With the rise of factories, workers faced dangerous conditions with low pay and long hours. As a result, they unionized and helped push labor law expansion.

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​Factories and Unions

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ratification of a suffrage amendment

expansion of labor laws

building of the transcontinental railroad

passage of prohibition legislation

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Which factor facilitated statehood for the darker-shaded areas?

• the introduction of barbed wire throughout the Great Plains

• the expansion of railway lines throughout the west

• the acceptance of Mormons by other religious sects in the East

• the peaceful integration of settlers with American Indian populatoin

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This image highlights the trend of the late 1800s and 1900s of ​

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"When Jacob Riis published How the Other Half Lives in 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau ranked New York as the most densely populated city in the United States…Disease, sanitation, garbage and hygiene issues were constant concerns in crowded improverished…districts, where vital statistics were alarming. Jacob Riis wrote frequently to urge measures to protect public health and to alert wealthy residents of the city to slum conditions that put everyone at risk."

-“Jacob Riis: Revealing ‘How the Other Half Lives’ Writer,” Library of Congress, www.loc.gov (Accessed October 17, 2017)

What issue was discussed in the writings of Jacob Riis?

• discrimination against African Americans in U.S. cities

• harsh conditions of tenement housing in U.S. cities

• growing conflict between rural regions and U.S. cities

• increasing efforts to reduce Chinese immigration to the U.S.

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Read the excerpt below then answer the question.

"When Jacob Riis published How the Other Half Lives in 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau ranked New York as the most densely populated city in the United States…Disease, sanitation, garbage and hygiene issues were constant concerns in crowded improverished…districts, where vital statistics were alarming. Jacob Riis wrote frequently to urge measures to protect public health and to alert wealthy residents of the city to slum conditions that put everyone at risk."

-“Jacob Riis: Revealing ‘How the Other Half Lives’ Writer,” Library of Congress, www.loc.gov (Accessed October 17, 2017)

Which answer BEST provides evidence to the answer to the previous question?

• "ranked New York as the most densely populated city in United States"

• "disease, sanitation, garbage, and hygiene issues were constant concerns"

• "alert wealthy reasons...to the slum conditions that put everyone at risk"

• "Jacob Riis published How the Other Half Lives in 1890"

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In 1895 the Department of Street Cleaning in New York City created a permanent group of sanitation workers known as the White Wings. This image shows the White Wings at work in 1896.

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contributed most to the need for this permanent sanitation group?

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Increased urban population

The passage of labor laws

Decreased regulation of urban rail systems

The establishment of immigration quotas

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In the spring of 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur. This act provided an absolute 10-year moratorium on Chinese labor immigration…When the exclusion act expired in 1892, Congress extended it for 10 years in the form of the Geary Act.

-“Chinese Exclusion Act (1882),” National Archives and Records Administration, www.ourdocuments.gov (Accessed August 31, 2013)

What was the main reason given for the creation of these restrictions?

• preventing the depletion of natural resources

• discouraging anti-American activism

• reducing competition for U.S. jobs

• addressing a lack of urban housing

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In the opinion of the Government of the United States the coming of Chinese laborers to this country endangers the good order of certain localities…Therefore, Be it enacted…That…the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States by…suspended…

-Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882

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prompted the passage of this legislation.

Multiple Choice

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Which factor contributed MOST to these changes?

• the rising costs of national defense

• threats posed by immigrant radicals

• abuses of the spoils system by political machines

• the inefficiency of large corporation

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My party’s in power in the city, and it’s goin’ to undertake a lot of public improvements. Well, I’m tipped off, say, that they’re going to lay a new park at a certain place. I see my opportunity and I take it. I go to that place and I buy up all the land I can in the neighborhood. Then the board of this or that makes its plan public, and there is a rush to get my land, which nobody cared particular for before. Ain’t it perfectly honest to charge a good price and make a profit on my investment and foresight? Of course, it is. Well, that’s honest graft.

-George Washington Plunkitt, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, 1905

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of New York City justified corruption while providing benefits to communities.

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"In the last half of the nineteenth century, the United States experienced vast industrial growth. A new class of wealthy entrepreneurs and a prosperous middle class emerged. Factory jobs also increased to meet production demands."

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is most associated with the change in demographics.

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Increased migration to urban areas

Increased property values in rural areas

increased life expectancies in urban areas

increased birth rates in rural areas

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