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Why did people leave their homeland for the United States in the 1800s?
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Better lifestyles, better employment opportunities, escape religious persecution (jews and russia) land shortages, nad over populated
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What led to the rise of urbanization during the late 1800s?
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people moved from country to cities, new farm equipment as in the plow,reaper, cities provide comfort ethnic communites, transportation improved people could travel to work.
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What were political machines?
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an organized group that controls immigrants in political parties offers services to voters Bosses and politicans got kickbacks.
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What contributed to the mass culture that emerged by 1900s?
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Amusement parks, Bicycling,Tennis Spector sports boxing and baseball, different cities read fiction storeis by Mark Twain
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