Explain how these two readings work together to help provide a picture of how Americans responded to the dramatic changes that were taking place during the first half of the nineteenth century.

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You did not include the readings. Without them, we do not know what your references are. However, doing some research we can comment on the following general terms.

If your readings refer to the book "Walden" and the "Lowell Mill Girls," then our comment would be the following.

Henry David Thoreau was the author of "Walden." It shows how Americans lived in the country and their customs, highlighting the importance of living in solitude with mother nature.

The "Lowell Mill Girls" tells the story of the young women that had to work in the industries of Lowell, Massachusetts. Historians consider that approximately 8,000 women had to work in textile factories.

Both books refer to a part in United States history when Americans had to respond to the dramatic changes that were taking place during the first half of the nineteenth century, where industries hired people offering low paid jobs and workers labored under unhealthy conditions for long hours.

in the 1800s, chinese workers migrated to the united states, first to work in the gold mines, but also to take agricultural jobs, and factory work, especially in the garment industry. chinese immigrants were particularly instrumental in building railroads in the american west, and as chinese laborers grew successful in the united states, a number of them became entrepreneurs in their own right. as the numbers of chinese laborers increased, so did the strength of anti-chinese sentiment among other workers in the american economy. this finally resulted in legislation that aimed to limit future immigration of chinese workers to the united states, and threatened to sour diplomatic relations between the united states and china.

a reason that was key to coolidge's victory in the 1924 presidental election was that; democratic party supporters were split in the north and south.