AMERICA’s HISTORY Chapter questions 16-19
16 The American West
1. How and why did the economic and social values of “white” European Americans clash with
those of Native Americans?
2. How did the Industrial Revolution affect the settlement of the West?
3. How did mining, farming, and ranching shape the development of the West?
4. How did diversity both fundamentally define the West and become the source of conflict in
western society?
17 Capitol and Labor in the Age of Enterprise 1877-1900
1. What factors led to the economic success of industrial capitalism in America after 1877?
2. How were business practices organized and new technologies harnessed in order to maximize
profits in American industry?
3. What were the working conditions of American laborers?
4. How and why did American workers seek to improve their working conditions in the late
nineteenth century?
18 The Politics of Late Nineteenth Century America
1. Explain the role of parties in domestic politics before 1900. What choices did the parties afford
voters?
2. How and why di political affairs play a central role in American culture in the late nineteenth
century? How did women participate in political culture?
3. Analyze and discuss the origins and aims of the Populist movement.
4. Describe the political structure in the South after 1877, and explain how blacks were gradually
disenfranchised.
5. How and why did racial segregation intensify in the late nineteenth century?
19 The Rise of the City
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What enabled American cities to grow so dramatically during the nineteenth century?
How did industrialization affect urbanization?
How did class structure, ethnicity, and gender affect urban political affairs?
Describe the emergence of an urban culture with distinctive living, and working patterns, civic
and religious institutions, family life and leisure pursuits.