¹During the 35 years between the end of the Civil War and 1900, the United States achieved great industrial and political growth. ²Its population doubled. ³Inventions such as the telephone, the electric light, and the railroad system led to this period of great growth. ⁴So did the arrival of masses of European immigrants. ⁵As reporters of this growth, newspapers also changed noticeably. ⁶The era is known as the time of the "new journalism." ⁷New journalism was first used to describe newspapers in the 1880s. ⁸They were low-priced, entertaining, and objective in basic hard news. ⁹They also supported social and economic reform. ¹⁰All around them, editors saw interesting events and social pressures to report. ¹¹Newspapers grew swiftly during the period. ¹²Daily newspapers quadrupled in number. ¹³By 1900 there were 1967 general-circulation dailies. ¹⁴Weekly papers tripled. By the turn of the century, there were more than 12,000. ¹⁵At that point, the country had more than 3500 magazines. ¹⁶The use of new machinery and processes allowed the newspapers to respond to the hunger for the printed word. ¹⁷For example, the rotary press, mechanized typesetting, photoengraving, and color printing made newspapers easier to produce.

		1-4. Complete the summary with information from the paragraph. Between 1865 and (1) during
		the era of (2) newspapers in the United States changed noticeably for several reasons. New journalism delivered low-priced, entertaining, and objective hard news.
		New journalism also supported (3) and economic changes.
		New (4) and processes aided in the tremendous growth of newspapers and magazines.