17 Aug How did technology contribute to this growth?
Respond to ONE of the following questions. Submissions should follow APA format
and be at least 500 words in length. Be certain to cite resources used.
1.How did the creation of corporations change the legal, social and practical growth of industry in the United States? What was vertical integration and what role did it play in corporate development? How did this new industrial environment contribute to the rise of unions?
2. What was the Gospel of Wealth? How did this inspire people? How did it justify and make acceptable to some social stratification? What were the Horatio Alger stories and how did these stories feed into the Gospel of Wealth narrative?
3. Why was the railroad important to the development of industry in the post US Civil War era? How did the growth of the rail industry transform the US? How did this development impact the North and South regions of the US respectively? Was the impact good, bad, or both?
4. What contributed to the growth of cities? How did technology contribute to this growth? How did continuing immigration contribute to this growth? What was the Nativism movement and what role did it play in social change in the second half of the 19th century?
