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Unit 6 – Industrialization and the Gilded Age, 1865–1898
Topic 6.2
Why were local labor and commerce steadily replaced by large-scale labor forces during the Gilded Age?
Agricultural industries becoming increasingly controlled by mechanical labor.
The competition of the age that created corporate enterprises that bought out smaller labor pools
Local laborers deciding to move to cities for urban work.
The connection of American railroads linking rural labor with urban industry.
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