The document discusses key events and developments during the period of westward expansion, immigration, and industrialization in the United States, including:
- The gold and silver rush led to a boom in mining out west and the rise of the railroad industry to transport minerals and goods.
- Railroads transformed life for Native Americans and enabled the movement of farmers further west.
- Industrialists like Carnegie, Morgan, and Rockefeller built powerful industries in steel, banking, and oil fueled by immigration of workers to cities.
- Urbanization increased rapidly as workers flocked to cities for new industrial jobs, leading to the growth and problems of large urban areas.
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17. 16th and 17th
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passed
Laws and ordinances
passed to make living
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sanitary
Progressive Era 1898 to 1917
Public education provided for children