HIST 105 Strayer : Industrialization

Assignment 2: Industrialization and the Rise of a Regulated Economy

For History 105:Dr. Stansbury’s classes(7 pages here)

As you know from our first paper, the university is adopting a tool, called ecree for doing writingassignments in many classes. We are using the ecree program for doing our papers in this class.Instructions on this tool have been posted.You are welcome to type your paper in MS-Word as traditionally done—and then to upload that file to ecree to revise and finish it up.Or, as we suggest, you may type your paper directly into ecree. When using ecree, you should use CHROME as your browser. As posted:

BACKGROUND FOR THE PAPER:The United States went through dramatic economic change during and after the Civil War, as industrialization spread rapidly and changed society. This transformation and some of the apparent abuses that developed (monopolistic practices, work conditions, low wages, arbitrary and oppressive expectations) led to an increased role of the government in regulating businesses and society. This role was heightened as government was viewed as the arbiter between business and organized labor. One can explore these developments from 1865 on through to World War II. Examine the statement below and drawing from provided sources, present a paper with specific examples and arguments to demonstrate the validity of your position.

Statement—in which you can take a pro or con position:

• From the start of Progressive era of the late 1800s through the New Deal period in the 1930s, increasing government interventions and regulations of business tended to help the overall economy and the common workers. (Or you can argue that such interventions and regulations hurt the overall economy and the common workers.) Use specific examples from different decades—and be sure one of your examples is from the 1930s.
• Here below are two sample Thesis statements—feel free to use either.Make it the last sentence of your introductory paragraph:

1.From the late 1800s to the end of the 1930s, increasing government interventions and regulations of business tended to help the overall economy and the common workers.

2. From the late 1800s to the end of the 1930s, increasing government interventions and regulations of business tended to hurt the overall economy and the common workers.

After giving general consideration to your readings so far and any general research, select one of the positions above as your position—your thesis. (Sometimes after doing more thorough research, you might choose the reverse position. This happens with critical thinking and inquiry. Your final paper might end up taking a different position than you originally envisioned.) Organize your paper as follows, handling these issues with this FOUR-PART organization:

After the fourth part concluding the paper, be sure you have the numbered list of sources at the end.

Length: The paper should be 500-to-750 words in length. [This word-count does not include any title page or sources list.]