Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

1. Question

   According to William Graham Sumner (Document 16.5), how are reformers mistaken in their attempts to help the poor?

2. Question

   Do Sumner (Document 16.5) and Andrew Carnegie (Document 16.7) agree on whether the wealthy have a responsibility to help the poor?

3. Question

   According to Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward (Document 16.6), why should the federal government intervene to halt the expansion of big business?

4. Question

   How do wealthy Americans maintain their power at the expense of everyone else, according to Henry Demarest Lloyd (Document 16.8)?

5. Question

   What might Bellamy and Lloyd see as the greatest obstacles to the realization of America’s potential? What about Sumner and Carnegie? What changes in U.S. society and government might each man suggest to eliminate those obstacles?

• Question

  Despite their different philosophies, what do these men think about the growth of organizations during the late nineteenth century?