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Complete the following: Industrial Revolution
Part 1.
What were the similarities and differences between the First Industrial Revolution and the Second Industrial Revolution?
How did the development of railroads affect the United States?
What were the overall effects of the Second Industrial Revolution on the United States?
Part 2.
How did new inventions affect the economy?
How did the expansion of the railroad positively and negative affect the United States?
What is the difference between vertical and horizontal integration?
How did business leaders work to increase their control over the economy, using things like trusts, pools, and holding companies?
Part 3.
Why was it difficult for farmers to make money in the late 1800s?
What organizations worked to improve life for farmers, and how did they help?
Why did most farmers support the Free Silver Movement?
What people and issues were involved in the Election of 1896?
Part 4.
What are the differences between "old immigration wave" and the "new immigration wave"?
Why did immigrants come to the United States?
What was the immigrant experience like?
How were immigrants viewed by the U.S. government and American citizens?
Part 5.
What were political machines, and how did they function?
Who was "Boss" Tweed, and how did he use his power?
Why did the idea of socialism become more popular during this period?
Who was fighting for the rights of women and African Americans during this period, and what methods did they use?
Part 6.
Why did workers need labor unions?
What were the main goals of labor unions?
How were the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor similar and different?
Who fought against the unions? Why?
Why did some Americans turn to socialism and communism during this period?
What was the status of unions at the end of the 19th Century?
Part 7.
How were immigration, industrialization, and urbanization connected?
Describe the three social classes that emerged during this period.
Why was child labor so common? How did social reformers work to protect children?
What were the goals of the Social Gospel Movement?