History essay

Essay Assignment One: due Tuesday, February 3 by 9:00AM, choose either topic one or two

1. In the latter decades of the nineteenth and early decades of the twentyish centuries, a duel phenomenon took place in the United Sates: mass industrialization and urbanization. In your essays, describe the main developments that led to industrial growthimprovements in transportation, energy, communication, and business organization, as well as how integration led some corporations to monopolize certain industries. Discuss the changes the new industrial order brought to workers, by exploring the ideas of Frederick Taylor and how workers responded to the changes by organizing themselves into labor unions. Likewise, examine how advancements in mass transportation coupled with steel-framed construction led to the growth of cities. Moreover, discuss the migrations to cities from within and especially from outside the United States, which eventually led to severe overcrowding.