1865 to 1900 as the “Age of Organization”
The end of the Civil War until the beginning of the Twentieth Century was a time of rapid, all encompassing change for the United States. New methods of industry changed the nation into one that first resembled the modern United States. Big business and commerce became the primary influences for a newer, larger style of government that regulated trade and acted as an arbitrator between industry and the new working class. Cities grew ever larger as the factories required large amounts of labor to be nearby, and people in the cities and the countryside organized themselves to protect their interest. “Economy of scale” became the national bywords, and the yeoman farmer and artisan largely disappeared from the culture. The growth of industry was the dominant factor of change during the period. The Civil War had spurred industrial development in the North to a degree unimaginable in the rest of the world. While the North was well on its way to becoming an industrial powerhouse before the war, fielding and supplying the armies accelerated the process. Facing superior generalship in the Southern Army, the North relied on a war of attrition. The North was much better suited to this type of warfare as their industrial base was ten times
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Approximate Word count = 3840
Approximate Pages = 15 (250 words per page double spaced)
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