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Hello students, grassroot movement is one that uses the people in a given district, region or community as the basis for a political or economic movement.
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This movement arose in 19th century because the us population surged at the end of 19th century nearly doubling between 1870 and 1900.
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Immigration to united states increased at rapid rate at the end of 19th century as did the movement of people to urban centers.
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The urbanization of the time included a shift from small scale manufacturing and business to large scale factory production.
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The growth of cities and industries introduced new problems such as worsening economic inequality, dangerous working condition and poor overcrowded living condition.
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A tiny elite held an extreme concentration of wealth and had enormous economic and political power while most lacked opportunities to thrive.
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At that time, us had a decentralized form of government that was not equipped to address new economic and social problems on a national scale which gave rise to the grassroots movement.
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The reason behind this movement was caused by rapid industrialization, urbanization, immigration, political corruption...
