Students are to answer questions 1-3 on the handout given in class about The Rise of Industry today.
Below is the question sheet if you did not get one.
Questions to Answer
The Rise of Industry
Directions: In Chapter 25 you read about Big Business, Labor Unions and the growth of cities. Below are questions to answer; you may use a separate piece of paper.
1. How and why did American agriculture and industry develop so dramatically in the late 19th early 20th century?
2. What actions did the government take to encourage business growth in the late 19th century?
3. Why were entrepreneurs, industrialists, and bankers such significant and controversial figures in American politics and business in the late 19th early 20th century?
4. Why did the growth of industry contribute to the following: growth of cities, changing social conditions in cities, increased immigration, and new business opportunities? In what parts of the country was this most visible?
5. How did the government’s laissez-faire policies toward business affect the working conditions of factory workers?
6. What strategies did the labor movement use to try and improve working conditions?
7. How did the late 19th century inventors change the quality of life in America? Who were some and what did they invent?
8. In what ways did the Industrial Revolution transform America’s economy, society and politics?
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