The mill girls of Lowell -- Cotton gin improves farming -- Life in an urban slum -- The industrial revolution creates a new middle class -- Vanderbilt builds a railroad empire -- Factory workers face difficult conditions -- Trading on the stock exchanges -- Children put to work in factories -- Labor unions form to fight for worker rights -- Immigrants come to America -- Andrew Carnegie builds America's steel industry -- Henry Ford doubles worker pay.
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