Test Writing Guide Name ____________________________________

The Development of Industry

History 7 2003

You may use this form on your test. No substitutions are permitted (another form is on the web page). You may not write more than one sentence for each area (up to two for the thesis). You may want to experiment on a scrap piece of paper before writing on this paper.

Topic A

Explain the role that technology, modern business practices, and government played in the huge growth of U.S. industry between 1860-1920. Name and describe one other major factor that contributed to this growth.

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Topic B

Compare and contrast the beginnings of the industrial revolution in Britain and the United States. Describe the key factors that allowed each country to industrialize.

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Topic C

Discuss the role that industrialization played in the causes of the U.S. Civil War and in determining its outcome. Explain the effect that the war had on the further development of American industry.

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