HIST1700 Railroads in The Late 19th Century Paper
Please complete this assignment and submit before moving on to Part Five. Part Four, Chapters 16-21:
In a short essay of no more than 300 words (one page), please answer one of the following:
PART FOUR: CH. 16-20:
1. WHAT WAS ONE GROUP THAT LOST IN THE PROCESS OF “WINNING THE WEST?”
2. WHY WAS CALIFORNIA “GOLDEN” IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY?
3. EXPLAIN WHY RAILROADS WERE THE DRIVING FORCE IN AMERICAN INDUSTRY IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY.
4. GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A MARKET THAT WAS ON OLIGOPOLY IN POST-CIVIL WAR AMERICA.
5. WOULD YOU HAVE WANTED TO BE A FACTORY WORKER IN ERA? WHY WHY OR WHY NOT?
6. DETAIL ONE OF THE LABOR MOVEMENTS OR UNIONS OF THE PERIOD.
7. WOULD YOU WANT TO BE A MIDDLE CLASS WOMAN IN ERA? WHY OR WHY NOT?
8. HOW WAS LIFE IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY CITY IDENTIFIABLE TO YOUR LIFE TODAY?
9. HAVE IDEAS OF FEMINITY/WOMEN’S WORK AND MASCULINITY/MANHOOD CHANGED SINCE THE 1880S?
10. HOW WOULD THE LIFE OF AN IMMIGRANT OR AFRICAN AMERICAN HAVE DIFFERED FROM THE UPPER CLASS OF NEW YORK CITY?
11. WHAT WAS TAMMANY HALL? DO YOU SEE REFLECTIONS OF ITS METHODS IN TODAYS POLITICS?
12. WOULD SOMEONE TODAY RECOGNIZE THE “CHEAP AMUSEMENTS” THE WORKING CLASS OF THE GILDED AGE TURNED TO IN THE CITIES?
13. HOW DID THE IDEOLOGIES/THEORIES OF LAISSEZ-FAIRE, SOCIAL DARWINISM, AND INDIVIDUALISM IMPACT AMERICAN SOCIETY?
14. HOW DID RACE EFFECT SOUTHERN POLITICS IN THE 1880S-1890S?
15. IF YOU WERE AN AFRICAN AMERICAN IN THE 1890S, WHAT OPTIONS WOULD YOU SEE FOR SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE?
16. WHO WERE THE POPULISTS AND WHAT DID THEY WANT?
17. WHAT IS A PROGRESSIVE WOMEN’S ISSUE YOU COULD GET BEHIND AND WHY?
18. HOW DID BOOKER T. WASHINGTON AND WEB DUBOIS DIFFER? DO YOU SEE ECHOES OF THIS DIVIDE TODAY?
19. WHY WAS TEDDY ROOSEVELT SEEN AS A PROGRESSIVE PRESIDENT?
20. ARE THE PROGRESSIVE IMPULSES OF CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION STILL ALIVE TODAY? HOW SO?
21. WHAT IS A PROGRESSIVE REFORM THAT HAS MOST BENEFITED YOU AND WHY?
22. EXPLAIN ONE TERRITORY THAT THE US ACQUIRED IN THE 1890S AND HOW WE DID GAINED IT.
23. TODAY IT SEEMS CHINA IS ON EVERYONE’S MINDS AS THE NEW, UP AND AND COMING, POWER; HOW WAS CHINA ON PEOPLES’ MINDS IN THE 1890S AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY?
24. IF YOU WERE A MEXICAN NATIONALIST WHY WOULD YOU NOT LIKE WOODROW WILSON, ALTHOUGH HE WAS SOMETIMES SEEN AS THE PROPHET OF DEMOCRACY?
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