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summary of railroads
The railroads was a key part of the decades and it showed how the humans have prospered from 1871 to now in 2016. -
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Railroads
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the railroads transformed the decade forever -
summary of industrial america
The rise of the industrial america was very great, as people build the machines to revoloutionize the years to come when thrive in the technology. -
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Rise of Industrial America
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1883
The Brooklyn Bridge is opened, connecting the nation’s largest and third largest cities, New York and Brooklyn. Its towers were the tallest structures in America. -
Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty opens in Upper New York Bay, as a gift of friendship from France. Emma Lazarus’s poem, “The New Colossus,” is inscribed on the pedestal, and the statue becomes America’s leading symbol of freedom to people around the world -
Electric Car
The nation’s first electric streetcar system opens in Richmond, Va. Frank Sprague and the Richmond Union Passenger Railway Company operate 10 streetcars in its nascent network -
City Life
Between 1880 and 1900 there was a lot of immagration. There was an increase in population in the suburbs with immagrints and American's both living there. -
The cotton movement
Cotton is very versitile to the decade and the slaves had to make it and the slaves were never paid and that the cotton was used for the wars to come. -
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The war over the cotton is over
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Immagration
Ellis Island in New York harbor opens as the gateway to America for immigrants. Three quarters of all newcomers from 1892 to 1932 are processed here. -
Urban and Suburban Living
From the early 1800's to 1900 there was great changes. Their was new kinds of transportation, from horse-drawn trollies to electric street cars. Which made getting around the big cities and towns faster. -
Why was this an important era?
This was an important era because there was a lot of economic growth. There was new technology and towns grew into cities and then grew bigger. -
Prarie home of december
The hard cold december froze out some residents and they were forced to move out to stay alive.
