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Why did factories occupy the best land sites near water ways?
Goods could easily be transported and waste could be dumped.
 
What four cities succeeded in rebuilding after being deystroyed by fires?
Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, San Fransisco.
What became the symbol of the modern city, and who is responsible for it?
The skyscraper, Louis Sullivan. 
In 1880, 5 percent of Alabama’s workforce was involved in what occupations?
mining and manufacturing
What were the four leading cotton manufacturing states?
North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
What association advised planters to build mills on their land?
Mississippi Valley Cotton Planters’ Association
Who was the founder and president of The National Labor Union?
William Sylvis
The Noble and Holy Order of the Knights  of Labor, founded by a
group of Philadelphia garments was led by who?
Terence V. Powderly
Local assembles launched thousands of small co-ops, such as what
that was established by Chicago seamstresses.
Our Girls Cooperative
Manufacturing Company
 By 1900, what was the largest city in the U.S.?
New York 
What is the AFL?
The American Federation of Labor. A union that accepted the wage system. They only excepted white skilled workers. 
Who was president of the AFL?
Samuel Gompers
What was the name of the group of white Southerners, organized by Captain Ellison Alger?
Red Shirts
What three jobs did african americans work in cities such as Atlanta?
bricklayers, carpenters, and painters
what ethnic group usually held jobs such as bricklayers, carpenters and painters?
AA
In the 1980s who briefly organized both black and white workers?
the Knights of Labor
What cycle made periods of unemployment routine in the lives of most workers?
The Boom-and-Bust business cycle
What industry grew at a very fast pace in New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and St. Louis?
The Garment Industry
. In 1882 Congress passed the what Act?
Chinese Exclusion Act
When did the appearance of mail-order houses accompany the consolidation of the railroad lines and the expansion of the postal system?
After the Civil War