re were 57,015 tons of iron ore and 209,557 barrels of petroleum produced. In 1920, there were 67,604 tons of iron ore and 442,929 barrels of petroleum produced (Angel, vol. 1).
             As the production of iron ore and petroleum grew, so did the population. At the beginning of the century the United States population was 75,995,000. The cities around the Great Lakes, Chicago, Cleveland, and Detroit, expanded a lot faster than the average cities because coal was available locally for fuel in the factories and because there was good rail and water transportation (Angel, vol. 1) From 1900 to 1920, many cities expanded greatly in numbers of people. New York went from 3,437 to 5,620. Chicago went from 1,699 to 2,701. Cleveland went from 382 to 797. Detroit went from 285 to 994 (Angel, vol. 1). Overall, urban population grew a lot faster than rural population. In 1900, the rural population in the country was approximately 45 million people and the urban population was only 30 million people. By 1920, rural population was only at 52 million while urban population had passed that at 53 million (Angel vol. 1).
             Even though changes were made, many things did not change until later on in the century. " By 1900, only a few states had outlawed factory employment of children under ten or twelve years of age" (Angel, vol. 1). Children were disadvantaged until the second decade. In 1903, Mary "Mother" Jones lead an army of kids from Philidelphia to Long Island to protest the employment and exploitation of children.
             The black communities, despite the Ku Klux Klan, succeed, in a way, because the lynching numbers went down significantly from 1900 to 1915. In 1900, there were 110 lynching. In 1905, there were only 60 lynching, and in 1910 there were 58. But in 1915 there were only 55 lynching. From 1900 to 1915, the lynching number was cut in half (Angel, vol. 1). The KKK did all it could, in the south, to prevent the blacks from getting...