Online study guide
Class Outline
I. Industrializing America: Corporations & Conflict
- How did industrialization reshape society?
- Consider the ways big business impacted politics, the economy and society.
- How successful was organized labor in improving the position of workers in the period 1875 - 1900? (DBQ from class)
II. Industrializing America: Farmers in Crisis
- Analyze the ways in which technology, government policy, and economic conditions changed American agriculture in the period 1865 - 1900. Evaluate the farmers' responses to these changes. (DBQ from class)
III. Reform Initiatives
- How and why did reformers seek to address the problems of industrial America? To what extent were the Progressives successful?
DBQ Test Prep
- Review questions from class.
- Be able to construct a thesis in response to the questions. Be mindful of criteria for a complex thesis: degree or direction & specifics
- Identify all relevant outside information that helps support your argument
