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Industry in the Gilded Age

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Historians call the period of American history from the 1870s to the early 1900s the Gilded

Age.

The Gilded Age was a time of amazing economic growth and

industrialization,

meaning a shift toward manufacturing, but it was also a time of growing problems in society.

Match the statement about Gilded Age industrialization to its likely effect on society.

Workers were not paid fairly despite the increasing wealth of owners.

Increased productivity led to greater wealth for manufacturers.

People moved from farms or immigrated from other countries to cities to work for wages in factories.

Workers risked injury and many developed health problems.

Description of Industrialization

Effect on society

New technologies allowed the U.S. to produce more manufactured goods than before.

Factories emerged in large cities to utilize these new technologies.

Working conditions in factories were often unsafe and unsanitary.

Few laws existed to regulate industrial wages and hours in factories.

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