1. Explain the labor-management conflict in Los Angeles and San Francisco from 1890 to 1910. What had happened, what individuals were involved, and what were their feelings about the issue?

2. William Burns. Outline his background, explain what he was like, and tell what he felt about labor-management trouble. Why was he in Los Angeles in October, 1910, and why did he take the bombing case?

3. D.W. Griffith. Outline what movie-making was like in 1910, and tell what led Griffith into that occupation. What did he believe movies could do, and what techniques and methods did he invent or use in the making of movies? What did his famous "A Corner in Wheat" show that a movie could do?

4. Clarence Darrow. After the famous case in which he defended William "Big Bill" Haywood in Idaho, what had he decided to do in Chicago? Why? How old was he when this happened? What bothered him about his decision? What was his relationship with his wife and with Mary Field? What did Field do in Chicago and then in New York?