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