1. The Midterm Essay

2. Industrialization was a driving force behind the changes that shaped America in the latter 19th, early 20th century.(from post-Reconstruction to pre-WW2). Those changes inevitably created challenges among Americans – sometimes they cooperated to deal with change, and sometimes they clashed and beefed. Identify and explain an example from EACH the following three categories that reflect peeps’ efforts to deal with change. Also describe if the examples you chose where ones where Americans cooperated, or were in conflict, regarding dealing with change. After reviewing your examples, finish with a conclusion that suggests that Americans are cooperative and collaborative, or violent and divisive people. A - economic conditions (Populism / Progressivism / corporations and unions / New Deal, etc…) B - expanding America (westward expansion / imperialism / urbanization, etc…) C - social / cultural (race relations/ mass media and communications / music, art and literature, etc…)

3. Intro – describe industrialization, and how it is creating change
define
How creating change
What is different from before Indust. to after Indust.?
How changes create conflict
Who vs who?
How changes sparked cooperation
What were areas of agreement / compromise?

6. Example 1 - economics Populism Progressivism corporations and unions
New Deal
Other examples???

8. Example 2 – expansion
Westward expansion -
Imperialism
Other examples?

10. Example 3 – social / cultural
Race relations / civil rights
Technology changing society
Popular culture (art / music / styles and fashions…)
Other examples?

12. Conclusion – Americans: do they tend to cooperate, or fight?
If you think cooperation and teamwork is the norm in the period of US History we’ve covered, what examples that we discussed support that?
If you think conflict and fighting are the norm, what examples support that?
Perhaps choose your examples based on the above??