Assignment Task: Answer the following questions
Q1. What factors allowed the U.S. to industrialize in the 19th & 20th centuries? What role did labor, natural resources, and infrastructure play in its expansion?
Q2. Describe the post-Civil War labor movement, including the Homestead Strike, the formation of unions, and support of the federal government.
Q3. Describe the conditions of the working class in the late 1800s.
Q4. What labor movements led to more power for the working class?
Q5. Who were the "robber barons"? How did they contribute to the gap between the rich and the poor?
Q6. How did industrialists capitalize on business organization?
Q7. Describe the inventions that transformed the American economy.