This unit has great significance for us today… big business, wealth inequality, populist anger at the “elites”, a feeling that government does not serve the people, but rather wealthy interests.
The overview videos posted in this module, along with the textbook, provide an excellent introduction and the context needed for this module. With that understanding, analyze these documents in the light of our own time. How are the problems and questions of this historical period like our own today, or not? Refer to the overview video sources posted in this module as needed. There are four documents to analyze.
1. Select two sources of your choice from our reader here: http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/16-capital-and-labor/
2. Select two sources of your choice from our reader here: http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/18-industrial-america/
Follow the example of an evaluation posted in Canvas and refer to the checklist of the requirements as you write up your evaluation. There is no specific word count, rather, focus on analyzing each source and questions with specific details and facts according to the directions.
