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African Americans and women don't have the right to vote which threatens democracy.  Because these two major groups of people can't vote the laws and elected officials don't accurately reflect what the average person in America wants.  Because of Jim Crow Laws and biases against women black people and women weren't able to achieve the amount that white men could. It was not a level playing fe

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Big owners who had connections to the government always won elections so that any laws that were made benefited them. if you had enough money you could do whatever you wanted

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The people are supposed to choose who is in power based on taking a vote of what the population wants - that is a big part of a democracy. Political machines would rig elections taking that right of the people away.

Political machines would also make laws in favor of big business disregarding the needs of average people.

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women during this time were still facing inequality and oppression. There were new jobs for women, skilled and unskilled, however they still did not gain the right to vote. New inventions made household tasks easier, but they also put more pressure on women to do more difficult and complex tasks, and achieve a new level of household tasks.

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Political machines took away the sense of democracy at local and state levels. This is because the governments were controlled by the wealthy and powerful and if you did not agree with and support them you did not have the same opportunities as others who did.

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Women begin working outside of their home. Women who were uneducated often worked in factories while educated women worked as nurses or as secretaries. As more colleges that allowed girls in were created the opportunities women were able to pursue increased. More inventions were being created to help women with the chores they were expected to perform around the house. This meant that more was expected of women.

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violence and Jim Crow laws--> African Americans 

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violence and Jim Crow laws--> African Americans 

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in the South, African Americans were facing oppression, violence, and inequality due to Jim Crow Laws. There were laws that prevented them from voting too, which was especially unfair. Along with this inequality came violence against them, such as lynchings. This caused many African Americans to move to the Not

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Since these political machines controlled the cities government they held the power to give out work contracts. If you did not support the political machine you were most likely not going to be granted the contract

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Logging  affected the environment because the loggers were cutting down all the woodlands and creating lumber. Then when the trees were cut down the farmers would be able to plant their crops. At this point most of the original forests were gone with only a little bit left.

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lack of education/child labor in American families

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lack of education/child labor in American families

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kids were forced to work at a young age in order to make money for their families... this caused them to loose their childhoods and be in dangerous conditions. it also gave them practically no time to have an education, so the majority of the children were uneducated.

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Since the politicians involved in the political machines were so wealthy and powerful they controlled the cities jobs. It would make it very difficult for an average commoner who did not support the political machine to get a job

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So oil drilling was not as easy as coal mining. There was not as much oil as coal and it was a lot harder to find than coal. They were quickly tearing up the country and finding nothing. Not a lot of people really thought it was a big deal because they thought it would happen eventually and to just let it happen and they really just did not care.

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Mining hurt the environment a lot especially at this time. Coal was an important resource at this time because it was the time of the industrial revolution so they were using coal for the steam engine and other steam powered locomotives. The country also had a large amount of coal so they could get however much they wanted. So they had a lot of coal and they get a lot of money from using it so they did whatever it took. It would pollute the streams and there was a high death risk because a lot of times the mines would cave in.

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An organization of wealthy and powerful politicians who would do whatever necessary to keep and gain power and wealth. Political machines were usually part of a political party to limit the competition of other parties.

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The ranching has affected the environment because before there were people on this land there were buffalo that would graze the land then go to another spot and do the same then return when the grass had grown back. Then, settlers brought sheep and brought in sheep and cattle that would graze their land so the land would end up not being as healthy which was bad for the environment.

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The rise of industry drew people into cities. Cities were the main place of work. The population was becoming more diverse as more people came in for Industrial opportunities. New technology and machinery created an increase in factories.

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Big Businesses basically controlled the government due to the money, power, and political connections they had. Laws that were passes were for the benefit of the business owners and most likely hurt the life of the workers.

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- People lived in tenements which were very small closet like rooms in which a family would live in. Many people lived in them because of overpopulation in New York at that time.
- Because of the large population, the lack of infrastructure contributed to the poor living conditions. There were not enough supplies/ utilities to keep everything safe and sanitary.
- The infrastructure effected the life in the workplace because people were not trained in what they were doing and the working environments were not safe and very unsanitary.
- Because of the problems in the workplace, not all products were safe to use. The government did not regulate product quality and that was a huge problem because of the lack of sanitation in the factories.

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This connects to freedom because everyone had free access to the resources, but when large amounts of people start to use it, they will not remain the way they started.