Industrial America: 1865 to 1900

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24. Industry Comes of Age

25. America Moves to the City

Additional Notes:                                           Outside Readings:

Factors in the Growth of Industry                  "Should Govt. Role Be Laissez Faire..."

Why the U.S. Industrialized                         "Should Immigration Be Restricted?"

Old vs. New Immigrants                              "Atlanta Exposition" Booker T. Washington

Why Did Immigrants Come to America?         "Souls of Black Folk" WEB DuBois

Anti-Immigration Laws

AFL-CIO Overview

Big Business

Labor Management Disputes

Rise of Labor Unions

Labor Unions and the Law

Major Strikes in American History