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1880-1920 Dbq Research Paper

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From 1880 to 1920, cities in the United States grew rapidly. What factors caused that growth, and in what ways did Americans respond to the challenges posed by urbanization? The growth period from 1880-1920 shaped America in many ways that even affect us to this day. This time period included the Industrial Age, which was marked by the maturity of industrial growth in the United States, the Progressive Era that was characterized by reformers trying to address the challenges of growing cities, and the challenges of becoming a global world power with our entry into World War I. From 1880 to 1920, the United States grew rapidly because of new inventions, urbanization, and migration/immigration. New inventions marked the maturity of the Industrial …show more content…

The farmers protested this and asked the state of Illinois legislature to regulate it. “Some time ago they carried a law through the Illinois legislature, which provides for the limiting of freight rates by a board of officials appointed for this purpose”. This government policy was put in place to keep the railroads from overcharging the farmers. In document F, one reads that five railroads meet in the city of Chicago. This is an ideal place to transport cows and pigs for the meat packing industry. “Let the five great trunk lines which have their termini on the borders of Lake Michigan answer. Like the outstretched fingers of a hand, they meet in the central palm, Chicago”. Chicago was the center for industrialization, with all the city’s interconnected through the transcontinental railroad. In document G, the politicians are taking advantage of the farmers and then blaming the farmers for overproduction. When the politicians could just use the leftover food to feed the starving children of America? “Then the politicians said we suffered from overproduction when 10,000 little children, statistics tell us, starve to death every year in the United States”. This shows the corruption of politicians taking advantage of the small

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