America’s History: Printed Page 572
America’s History: Value Edition: Printed Page 505
| REVIEW QUESTIONS | Answer these questions to demonstrate your understanding of the chapter’s main ideas. |
How did the rise of big business in the United States transform the economy and affect the lives of working people?
How did patterns of immigration to the United States change between the 1840s and the 1910s? What roles did newly arrived immigrants play in the economy during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
Compare the accomplishments and limitations of American farmer-labor movements of the 1870s and 1880s, such as the Greenback-Labor Party and the Knights of Labor, with those of the American Federation of Labor. Why did the latter choose a different strategy?
This chapter explores the impact of industrialization from many points of view. Based on this information, do you think the term industrial statesmen or robber barons is more accurate as a description for Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and other early titans? Or would you prefer a different term? Explain why.
THEMATIC UNDERSTANDING Review the events listed under “Politics and Power,” “Peopling,” and “Work, Exchange, and Technology” on the thematic timeline. Industrialization was an economic process, but it also transformed American society and politics. How?