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What were some of the extremes of poverty wealth and opportunity in the US in the late 1800s?
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They were often poor, had few job skills, spoke little English, didn't understand how American democracy worked, had few resources to get help, and needed child care while they worked.
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What is the period in the late 1800s when wealth and excess disguised poverty and corruption in America?
Gilded Age
Which is not a characteristic of cities in the 1800s?
a huge decline in poverty and crime
Accordimg to historians substantial wealth became concentrated in the hands of fewer people during the late 1800s Which of the following is poften givin as a cause for this concentration of wealth?
Growth of big business is given as a cause for the concentration of wealth in the 1800s.
What did people who followed the ideals of socialism in the 1800s believe about wealth?
that all people should share equally in society's wealth
How did industrial leaders accumulated wealth during the late 1800s?
During the late 1800s, American industrialists got wealthy by creating monopolies and setting up trusts. The effectively kept all the wealth in the hands of a very small number of people because there was no competition.
What is the period in the late 1800s when wealth and excess disguised poverty and corruption in America?
Gilded Age
Why were settlers willing to leave their homes and head west in the late 1800s?
They sought economic opportunity. Land has been wealth for centuries, so land for the taking was a great attraction.
What was the name of the period in the late 1800s when wealth and excess disguised poverty and corruption in America?
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Which is not a characteristic of cities in the 1800s?
a huge decline in poverty and crime
Accordimg to historians substantial wealth became concentrated in the hands of fewer people during the late 1800s Which of the following is poften givin as a cause for this concentration of wealth?
Growth of big business is given as a cause for the concentration of wealth in the 1800s.
What did the people who followed the ideals of socialism in the 1800s believe about wealth?
that all people should share equally in society's wealth
What did people who followed the ideals of socialism in the 1800s believe about wealth?
that all people should share equally in society's wealth
During the 1800s most Americans lived?
on the East Coast.
Immigrants came to America from Europe in the late 1800s and early 1900s in the hopes of finding what?
Opportunity
How did industrial leaders accumulated wealth during the late 1800s?
During the late 1800s, American industrialists got wealthy by creating monopolies and setting up trusts. The effectively kept all the wealth in the hands of a very small number of people because there was no competition.
What business did Cornelius Vanderbilt control by the late 1800s?
Railroad.Vanderbilt controlled all the railroads by the 1800s. He amassed quite a lot of wealth through the system.
How was it back in the 1800s?
Like our world with half the wealth concentration and a fourth of the technology and ten times the slavery.
