A robber baron of the railroad industry.
A farmer from Ireland
the 1848 discovery of gold in california
Bureau of Indian Affairs
churches -apex
An increase in leisure activities - Apex
William Magear Tweed was an American politician. He was also know as Boss Tweed.
Knights of Labor~apex
Production of goods and many other things changed greatly due to mechanisation and huge improvements in steam power.
protestant groups that did not follow the church of England's rules
By mail. Sears Roebuck and Co. Published a catalog each year, with everything form clothing to jewelry to tools to furniture to medicine to food to guns to... well, you name it, if it existed, Sears sold it. People ordered by mail, and Sears mailed or shipped their products back to them. Sort of like Amazon without the computer. By the way, check your library and see if they can get you a copy of the Sears 1898 catalog. It has been reprinted in a hardcover version- fascinating to look at what you could buy.
It caused an American presidential candidate to run his campains