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Since the big boom of industry in the late 1800s, many American soon were able to afford spending their money on not just work but for entertainment and recreation. This led to a big growth in socialization in the cities. Many people began going out to saloons and soon saloons were the biggest places in the cities even outgrowing grocery stores. Working-class families and other adults also found a lot of luxury in amusement parks such as Coney Island. Eventually the Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first baseball team, football began to grow in popularity, and finally basketball was invented not to long after by an athletic director.

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He was an American writer, best known for his many young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security. His writings were characterized by the "rage-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on the United States during the Gilded Age.

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Writer Edward Bellamy promoted another alternative to Social Darwinism and laissez-faire economics. In 1888 he published Looking Backwards, a novel about a man who falls asleep in 1887 and awakens in 2000 to find that the nation has become a perfect society with no crime, poverty, or politics. In his story the government owns all industry and shares the wealth equally with Americans. Edward's ideas were a form of socialism.

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Some of the Organizations that helped the Urban Poor was the YMCA and the Salvation Army. The YMCA would provide Religious counseling and low income housing for young men. There were also public schools open for poor children to get there education. Many poor families also lived in settlement houses that provided community services .

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Andrew Carnegie illustrates the rise of big business in the united states. He bought shares in iron mills and factories that built the sleep cars, and some of the companies that built the railroad bridges. In 1875 he opened a steel mill in Pittsburgh using the Bessemer process to make high quality steel for cheap.

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Gilded Age began in about 1870 and lasted until 1900. It was a time of great new inventions that led to rapid industrial growth. Cities grew and streets became crowded. Mansions and skyscrapers were made. Electric lights made the darkness disappear.   

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Gilded Age began in about 1870 and lasted until 1900. It was a time of great new inventions that led to rapid industrial growth. Cities grew and streets became crowded. Mansions and skyscrapers were made. Electric lights made the darkness disappear.   

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The Concept of Individualism to many Americans was that no matter how humble their origins, Americans could rise in society and go as far as their talents and commitment would take them.

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Was taught in public schools. Is the process of acquiring or causing a person to acquire American traits or characteristics such as speaking English and learning about American history and culture.

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Darwin is often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the implications of evolutionary theory for religion.

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a British philosopher who applied evolution and natural selection to human society. Came up with the theory of natural selection and how things gradually die out if they cannot adapt to the environment. Along with how plants and animals evolved through that process.

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Philanthropy is providing money to support humanitarian or social goals. Using their fourtunes to create the conditions that would help people help themselves.

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Criticism of industrial society also appeared in literature in a new style of writing known as naturalism. Naturalists challenged the idea of Social Darwinism by suggesting that some people failed in life simply because they were caught up in circumstances they could not control.

The characters in naturalist and literature are often spiritually or materially impoverished.

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Settlement houses were established in heavy immigrant neighborhoods. Idealistic Reformers lived in these houses. The settlement houses were like community centers being the location for medical attention, learning activities, and recreational activities. The formation of the settlement houses was a similar movement to the Social Gospel Movement.