First transcontinental rail line was completed in 1869.
Due to new technological advances and forms of business organization it lead to large corporate trusts.
American workers became more vulnerable to illness, industrial accidents, and unemployment.
Both the Gospel of Wealth and the survival of the fittest theory emerged.
American population increased by doubling and the population in the cities tripled.
In 20 years the amount of southeastern Europeans immigrants went from19% to over 60%. [1880-1900]
Jane Addams founded the Hull House in 1889 to teach children and adults the skills and knowledge that they would need to survive and succeed in America.
In 1882 Congress passed the first restrictive law against immigration banning paupers, criminals, and convicts from coming to America.
The Statue of Liberty arrived from France in 1886.
In 1890 Americans could choose from 150 religions.
In 1900 there were 6,000 high schools and kindergartens multiplied with a new lust for learning.
Yellow Journalism come into play by two journalistic tycoons Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst.
The Wyoming Territory was the first to offer women unrestricted suffrage in 1869.
New organizations arose with new causes like to discourage the mistreatment of livestock, and the banning of alcohol.
The First Continental Railroad was authorized by the Pacific Railway Act of 1862. It was heavily backed by the federal government. It was the growing achievement of Abraham Lincoln.
Just a little extra info on the First Continental Railroad
In the United States, the term transcontinental railroad usually refers to a line over the Rocky Mountains between the Midwest and Pacific Ocean. Some of the eastern trunk lines are covered in railroads connecting New York City and Chicago.
The First Transcontinental Railroad was completed on may 10, 1869, with the golden spike ceremonially driven at Promontory, Utah, after track was laid over a 1,756 mile (2,826 km) gap between Sacramento and Omaha in six years by the Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad.
(wikipedia.com)
Now my own words: The Transcontinental Railroad created a large sum of wealth because of railroad companies and offered many jobs to immigrants or the poor. Building Railroads across the country connected industries and people from other towns. It was quite a convenience.
"First transcontinental rail line was completed in 1869"
why was that important? how long did it take? how did it change america?
T'was important because people could travel across a huge country a lot easier, makin' trade and migration (a bit) more fluid. It took about seven years (wiki). and The answer to Q1.
"Jane Addams founded the Hull House in 1889 to teach children and adults the skills and knowledge that they would need to survive and succeed in America."
The first juvenile court in the United States was formed by the actions of Hull House members. They also influenced lawmaking on child labor, occupational safety and health provisions, compulsory education, immigrant rights, and pension laws.
New organizations arose with new causes like to discourage the mistreatment of livestock, and the banning of alcohol.
OK .Kelsey so you say new organizations arose. What new Organizations ? The Mafia Was one and why and what caused the creation of the mafia .not just the banning of alcohol but what else wat Act...
The first transcontinental railroad was important because it was the fastest route into the west. This began the settlement of the western frontier and also linked the country economically. The Statue of Liberty was given to the US by France as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.
I always thought it was kind of interesting that Americans would practice survival of the fittest and Social-Darwinism and yet stop the spread of the theory of evolution. Strange
What is the Gospel of Wealth theory? never heard of it!!!
Well, Im not sure if this is the same thing because I've never heard of it either, but when I researched The Gospel of Wealth was an essay written by Andrew Carnegie that described the responsibility of philanthropy (the act of donating money, goods, time, or effort to support a cause) by the new upper class of self-made rich. The thesis of his essay was the danger of allowing large sums of money to be passed into someones hands that are not mentally or emotionally able to cope with them.
The Gospel of Wealth was an essay written by Andrew Carnegie in 1889. It described the responsibility of philanthropy. The main idea of the essay was the peril of allowing large sums of money to be given to people or organizations who were not equiped well mentally or emotionally.
