Americas History: Industrial Development
each question needs to have one-two large paragraph answer.
- Evaluate the causes and effects of industrial development in the late 19th century (late 1800s).
- Compare immigration in the late 1800s – early 1900s to the issues being debated and discussed today.
- Explain the connection between the rise of big business, immigration, and organized labor.
- Evaluate social changes and continuities in the Gilded Age.
- How did the rapid urbanization around the dawn of the 1900s lead to both new political and social challenges and opportunities?
- Briefly compare Riis’ “How the Other Half Lives” with Carnegie’s “Gospel of Wealth.” How are they representative of elements of the era? Secondly, find and share one additional primary source relevant to this module and briefly describe how it fits in with what we’ve learned.