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History

The summarized articles are very useful as they depict how the United States started to establish itself as a significant player in the industrial sector years after the Civil War. The United States was able to experience an era of reconstruction, whereby the economy transformed depicting the strength of the industrial economy (National Museum of American History). Besides, the economic transformation was also evidenced by industrial conflict, the establishment of labor unions, the development of large-scale agriculture, as well as the expansion of businesses. There was also an extension of old industries in the United States complemented by the creation of new industries, most of these industries majored in electric power, manufacturing of steel, crude oil refining, and so on. This led to significant shift and expansion in the railway sector that opened most remote areas in the United States to the national economy market (Library of Congress). The industrial development also led to the production of a prosperous middle class and wealthy industrialists. For that reason, the American society was majorly transformed by the industrial growth, 1877-1900.

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