Late+19th+Century+Stuff

New Resources and Perspectives on the late 19th Century

 * Trends 1850 - 1900
 * Aging population
 * improvement in public health
 * immigration explosion and backlash
 * population growth
 * African american population experiences negative growth
 * urbanization
 * movement of people global and domestic
 * price decline impact on farmers price/cost squeeze
 * money, money, money creates conflict between farmers and workers
 * rich and poor, black and white, americans and native americans, americans and immigrants, farmers vs bankers and workers
 * deskilling of the labor force, craft unions emerge and compete with job unions