essay 120 exam 2

Q1

The United States is often described as a “nation of immigrants,” but the wave of immigration that accompanied industrialization met strong resistance. Write an essay in which you discuss the “New Immigration” and Nativism in the late nineteenth century. By the early twentieth century, to what extent could Americans be described as “unified”?

Q2

The Industrial Transformation made the United States wealthier, but it also made Big Business a dominant force in the economy. Write an essay in which you discuss the rise of Big Business and early efforts to regulate the economy during the late nineteenth century’s Gilded Age. What proved most influential in discouraging government action?

Q3

As industrialization expanded the economy, the emergence of huge fortunes forced Americans to question their traditional understanding of equality. Write an essay in which you discuss the distribution of wealth and the various responses to inequality in the late-nineteenth century. Which response to inequality had the longest-lasting impact on the nation?

Q4

The Progressives presented the first serious attempt to address the problems that emerged with industrialization. Some historians have argued that the movement failed because it had unrealistic goals. Write an essay in which you examine the rise and accomplishments of the Progressives. Should the Progressive movement be considered a success or a failure?

Q1 Stance

not very unified

Q1 points

Religion (catholicism, and non-protestant practices), labor competition (new stock, taking factory jobs Chinese exclusion act because of dry cleaning business), wealth disparity (Vanderbilt mansion vs tenements increasing wealth gap)

Q2 stance

industrial transformation leading to increasing a national wealth, and welshed, gap laisezz-faire policies, little government intervention

Q2 points

rise of big business (dominance of Monopoly in oligopolies, Rockefeller with big fortune) efforts to regulate economy (Sherman antitrust) less action taken by government (Laissez Faire, capitalism instead of socialism, EC Knight case)

Q3 Points

Muckrakers (bring information about poor conditions to light) settlement houses (Hull house, child labor laws), social Darwinism (some people have skills to succeed in some don't survival of the fittest)

Q3 biggest impact

Muckrakers (Ida Tarbell and standard oil, Upton Sinclair with the jungle- pure food and drug and meat inspection)

Q4 points

rise of movement(address issues of industrialization mostly middle class white people) excluded group groups(excluded, African-Americans and Catholics) unrealistic goals(loss of confidence due to unsuccessful strikes, trying to address, political and economic issues)

Q4 stance

movement was mostly a failure, but did have accomplishments like child labor of laws and public school system