| Questions For Class Discussion
College Division image; link to college web site
College Division image; link to college web site
For LayoutFor Layout
For Layout
For LayoutFor Layout|For LayoutFor Layout|For LayoutContact Us
For Layout
For Layout
For Layout
For Layout
For Layout
> Instructor Resources > Questions For Class Discussion
Instructor Resources

Support student learning and save time with these password-protected materials. To request a password, please complete and submit the request form. After your request has been reviewed and authorized, you will receive a response from our Faculty Services team within 48 hours.

Some content requires software plugins. Visit our Plugin Help Center for help with downloading plugins.

Questions For Class Discussion

Questions For Class Discussion
Chapter 24: Industry Comes of Age, 1865 - 1900

  1. What were the costs and benefits of the industrial transformation of the postCivil War era?

  2. Should industrialists like Vanderbilt, Carnegie, and Rockefeller be viewed as robber barons or captains of industry?

  3. Was the growing class division of the time a threat to American democracy? Why or why not?

  4. Why did American workers have such trouble responding to the new industrial conditions of labor? Why were business and the middle-class public generally hostile to allowing workers to organize as industry did? Why did the AF of L survive while the Knights of Labor failed?

  5. Does the government regulation of the economy disprove the belief that capitalism is a morally superior economic theory? Why or why not?
For Layout