Monday, April 11, 2016

Classwork 4/11/16

Hello, USH Students:

Here is your assignment for 4/11/16.

1.  Carefully read the attached handout.  Please answer the questions on each page.
2.  Based on the information contained in the handouts, as well as your knowledge of US History, please answer the questions that follow:
  1. In your own words, describe the political, economic, and social problems addressed in these handouts 
  2. Why do you think these reformers were called "progressives?" 
  3. Explain, in your own words, how the industrialization of the US created, or increased the problems discussed in the readings? 
  4. What do you suppose these writers hoped to gain by exposing these problems in magazines or books?  Was this an effective way to call attention to these problems?  

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