Please Define the Following Key Terms

question 53

Essay

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-What could newcomers to the working class experience as they came to the city? If life was so difficult in the cities, why did workers continue to go there?

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Definitions:

Middle-Class Reformers

Individuals or groups typically from the middle socioeconomic class advocating for social, economic, or political reforms.

Social Conditions

The circumstances and factors that influence the quality of life and opportunities available to people within a society.

Gilded Age

A term describing the late 19th century in the United States, characterized by rapid economic growth, material excess, and widespread political corruption.

Second Industrial Revolution

A period of rapid industrial growth and technological advancement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, marked by the widespread use of steel, electric power, and internal combustion engines.