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- Counterarguments can strengthen your argument when used correctly. How can incorporating an analysis of counterarguments into your essay strengthen your own argument?
- When Margaret moved west from Connecticut to Ohio Territory in the early 1800s she arrived in a very isolated area where her family practiced subsistence farming. Less than 20 years later her family was selling their surplus crops and even attended a performance by a traveling circus. How did the transportation revolution facilitate these changes?
- What incentives did the U.S. Government offer to people willing to settle in the Northwest Territory?
- Imagine that Susie was an investor at a brokerage firm during the stock market crash of 1929. Which event would have caused Susie to lose confidence in the market?
- What was the outcome of Hoover's request for business leaders to continue production and retain workers?
- In what specific way did Southern enslavers use the Northern manufacturing boom to try and increase their own agricultural operations?
- Kellen will be writing a historical essay on the effects of industrialization throughout the United States. What sources should Kellen use to create a strong argument with good supporting evidence?
- The working class often sought to emulate the middle class and shared some of the same values. What values and ideals were common between working and middle class families during the early to mid 1800s?
- The free-labor ideology touted its flexibility for workers, allowing them to "go where the jobs are" to find work, but what would have been the immediate result of this worker movement in terms of the free-labor market?
- Which of the following was an effect of the Great Depression as defined in the historical hack?
- As the 19th century progressed factory workers began working longer hours in unsafe conditions for less pay. How did the factory workers respond to the increasingly bad working conditions?
- Elizabeth is a middle class woman who lives in Boston in the year 1835. Sarah lives in Georgia on a small plantation. How did the daily life of White women in the South compare to the middle class women of the North?
- What effect did the initial immigration waves of the 1840s and 50s have on the early organized labor movement?
- Mary and her family live in rural New England. To help earn extra money, members of the family began taking extra work. How did Mary's work life change as labor evolved from the "putting-out system" to unskilled wage labor?
- What was the end goal of the United States government when it came to supporting the growth of industrial manufacturing in the 19th century?
- The free labor ideology was celebrated for allowing workers more freedom and room for social mobility. What is one way the workers benefited from the industrial revolution?
- When formulating an argument for an essay it is important to consider any potential counterarguments to your argument. Why is it necessary to consider the possibility of counterarguments?
- James lives in New England during the 1830s. He comes from a working class family and achieves the sought after goal of moving from factory laborer to factory owner. What values does he likely hold?
- The United States government encouraged the industrial growth seen in the early 1800's. Why did they support the increase in manufacturing?
- Which group of Americans was considered less of a priority to employers when competing for jobs during the Great Depression?