Period 9: The Gilded Age (jan 1, 1865 – jan 1, 1900)

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The Second Industrial Revolution caused massive economic and social gaps between groups in America. Disadvantaged communities responded by organizing and protesting against these disparities.

The second industrialization pushed cities into urbanization and factories rather than the simple small business. more job opportunities as it destroyed as these revelations opened to many more efficient technologies.Including the transportation methods to create new goods only plausible by machinery.These goods can be as simple as the lightbulb to as complicated as the telegram but what made the factory business so lucrative and even partfully caused the wage gap was transportaion.The newly developed steam boats and railroads majorly increased the transportation of factory goods and allowed the creation for lucrative business deals,but those who assemble it would get only pennies

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