America in the Industrial Age 4 Rutherford B Hayes 1877 1881 10 James Garfield 1881 1881 22 Chester Arthur 1881 1885 30 Grover Cleveland 1885 1889 40 The Presidency in an Industrial Boom 50 Cabinet Members 54 Timeline 56 Presidents of the United States 60 Index 62 Further Reading 64
4 America in the Industrial Age America in the Industrial Age American society underwent enormous change in the late 1870s and 1880s During the Civil War 1861 1865 the economy of the North had grown dramatically because factories manufactured weapons and other goods needed to fight the war The America that emerged in 1865 was a thriving industrial giant This change deeply affected Americans in how and where they worked how they viewed life and politics and how they voted The North in the 1870s and 1880s In the North as the manufacturing industry grew rapidly working conditions and the nature of work itself changed Manpower came from two major sources America’s farms which more and more young people left in order to make a life in the cities of the North and millions of people who immigrated to the United States in the 1870s and 1880s Customs officers in San Francisco inspect the belongings of Chinese immigrants as they disembark from their ship in 1877 Words to Know annexed AN-eksd Added to or made part of what already exists Artist Charles Graham drew workers making bessemer steel at a plant in Pittsburgh in 1886
President Encyclopedia 1877-1889
An In-Depth Look At The American Presidents, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland.
About This Book
By: Kelli Hicks
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Published by: Rourke Educational Media (Unlimited)
