America in the 1890s and Early 1900s 4 Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893 10 Grover Cleveland 1893-1897 18 William McKinley 1897-1901 26 Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909 36 The Beginning of the Modern Presidency 50 Cabinet Members 54 Timeline 56 Presidents of the United States 60 Index 62 Further Reading 64
4 America in the 1890s and Early 1900s bankers and the wealthy classes for their problems Conditions of overcrowding and other social ills came with the increase of population in the cities The 1890s were a time of protest and reform From the farms to the cities people demanded change Still the majority of reformers wanted to make the existing system better not destroy it America in the 1890s and Early 1900s America in the 1890s was a rapidly growing nation that was fast becoming a major industrial power As the factory system spread to more and more industries cities began to swell Immigrants from abroad swarmed into cities looking for jobs In addition young men and women from America’s farms turned to the cities as well Modernized farming was an improvement over using horses and mules Agriculture became mechanized That is it had become a big business Small farmers could not compete with large machine-operated farms America’s farmers found it increasingly difficult to make a living and they tended to blame Operating a cane-crushing machine in a sugar house at Bayou Teche Louisiana 1900 Immigrants in the early 1900s came to America hoping to make a better life for themselves
President Encyclopedia 1889-1909
An In-Depth Look At The American Presidents, Harrison, Cleveland, McKinley, And Roosevelt.
About This Book
By: Kelli Hicks
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Published by: Rourke Educational Media (Unlimited)
