The purpose of this essay is to discuss and analyze the main historical trends in the US history from 1870 to 1914. It will show how Reconstruction was a period of 1862-1870 in United States history during and after the American Civil War in which attempts were made to solve the political, social, and economic problems arising from the readmission to the Union of the 11 confederate states that had seceded at or before the outbreak of war. …
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…were vastly growing. Immigrants were the majority of the unskilled labor. Approximately 18 million immigrants entered the country between the years of 1890 and 1910. Millions of workers slaved for companies for years, and with such low pay, never escaped the poverty level. Tindall and Shi (821-23) Between all of the countries that have been industrialized, America had the highest fatality rate than any other by the year 1900. Despite working long hours to try to make a decent