Historycontainsmanypointsofviewwhichhasdistortedthetruthbehindsomeevents.

ThroughtheeyesofHoratioAlger,anovelistfromthelate1800sthatbelievedthathardwork
wasallittooktomakemoney,itmayappearthatthelate1800swasagreatsourceofmoney
foreveryone.AsDocument1describes,..thereisnotapoorpersonintheUnitedStateswho
wasnotmadepoorbyhisownshortcomings
.
However,bymanyhistoriansthiswasnamedthe
GildedAge(1870s1900s).Onthetopitseemedlikethebesttimetoliveduetomanypeople
gettingrich,butunderneaththatgoldenexteriorofindustrialization,laidmonopoliesandtrusts,
businessownerswhostolefromtheirworkers,andothereconomicalproblems.Industrialization
wasnotprogressduetoracism,robberbaronsandtheproblemsworkersfacedeveryday.
Thelate1800swereatimewheremanypeoplefromdifferentcountriesenteredtheU.S
insearchforabetterfuture.Despitetheeffortsoftheimmigrants,therewerestillmanyracist
remarksflungtowardsthem.Document16isanexcerpton
TheBiographyofaChinaman
by
LeeChewinwhichitexplainshowthechineseworkersdotheirjob.Hestated,Theyworkas
wellwhenlefttothemselvesastheydowhensomeoneislookingatthem.LeeChewbelieved
thatthechineseworkersworkedjustashardwithorwithoutasupervisor.Manychinesewere
hiredduetothisandmademanyamericanseconomicallyafraid.Therefore,manyamericans
madestereotypesaboutthechineseandmanyotherimmigrantgroups.Nativismwasthenborn
aswellphrenologytoprohibitimmigrantsfromhavingachanceatdevelopingalifeintheU.S.
Documents17and18arebothvisualdocumentsofHelpWantedpostersandnewspaper
advertisementsforjobs.Document17states,eitherAmericanorGermanandlateralsostates,
NoIrishneedapply.Thisnewspaperadvertisementshowshowthispersonspecificallywanted
anAmericanorGermanworker,butnotanIrishperson.Theowneroftheadisshowingan
immenseamountofracismtowardstheIrishimmigrants.Document18alsostates,NoIrish
needapplywhichalsoportraysracismtowardstheIrishpeople.Whilemanyjobsandmoney
wasbeingmade,underneaththatall,laidracismtowardsspecificgroupsthatallowed
immigrantstonotbeabletowork.Document15isachartthatshowswherealltheimmigrants
migratedfrom.Inthischartitcanbeseenthatmanypeoplefromdifferentcountriesimmigrated
totheU.S.Thischartthencanalsoshowhowmuchracismwascreated.Sincethereweremany
immigrants,therewerealsomanystereotypesbuiltintoeverygroupaswell.Racismand
stereotypingdeprivespeopleoftheirindividualitytherefore,itcannotbeseenassocialprogress
forthelate1800s.
Thosepeoplewhoweregreatlyluckytofindajobalsoexperiencedrobberyfromthe
hugebusinessowners.Thesepeoplewereoftencalledrobberbarons.PeoplelikeAndrew
CarnegieandJohnD.Rockefellerwererobberbaronswhomonopolizedawholeentire
business.Document12isatellingofhowGeorgeRice,aformeroilcompanyowner,losthis
companytoJohnD.Rockefeller.Document12states,IsoonfoundthattheStandardOil
CompanywasofferingthesamequalityofoilatmuchlowerpricesthanIcoulddo...This
showshowJohnD.Rockefellerdominatedallthecompetitiontherewastowardshiscompany.
JohnD.Rockefellerwasalsonottheonlyonewhosawtheirwealthasawaytoputthemselves

superiortoothers.AsDocument11,anexcerptofwhatAndrewCarnegiehadsaid,states,...the
manofwealththusbecomingthemereagentandtrusteeforhispoorerbrethren..Carnegie
showshowhebelievedthatthepoorerpeoplewerejustaburdenforawealthyman.Theworkers
werebeingpaidsolittlebythesewealthyownersthattheownerslookedattheirownworkersas
poor,unnecessarypeople.Sincerobberbaronscontrolledmanyindustriesoronewholeindustry,
theserobberbaronsusedtheirpowerinthelegislationasDocument19,acartoon,shows.These
robberbaronsseemedtocontroleverything,uptoapartoflegislationandcompletelydeniedthe
citizensoftheU.Sthelittlepowertheserobberbaronsletthemhaveattained.Progressinthe
governmentwasalsonotmadethroughtheviolationoftherightsofthepeoplebythewealthy.
Thoughbusinessownershaddonemanythingstofrustrateanddepreciatetheworkers
voice,theworkersalsotriedtohaveavoicethroughlaborunions.Unionswereformedtobetter
theworkingatmosphereoftheworkersinwhichtheatmospherewaspoor.Asthewriterof
ProgressandPoverty
stated,Thereisavaguebutgeneralfeelingofdisappointmentand
increasesbitternessamongtheworkingclasses..whichshowedhowthepoorfeltinthehands
ofthewealthy.Manywealthyownersattemptedtokeepworkersclosesotheyhadtenement
housing.Document7showsadepictionofatenementhousingplaninwhichfamilieswerekept
tostayinasingleroom.Notonlywasthisactionofstuffingonefamilyofaworkerinonehouse
cruelbutitwasalsoinhumane.Astheworkerscametogethertomaketheirvoiceheard,the
unionshelpedtheworkersendeavorwaystomaketheirconditionsbetter.Laborunionslikethe
KnightsofLabor,AmericanFederationofLaborandtheIndustrialWorkersoftheWorldhelped
theworkingclass.Theselaborunionsusedtacticslikestrikesandcollectivebargainingto
receiveandbettertheworkers,whowerebeingrepresented,eitherskilled,unskilledorboth.The
workerstriedtocreateagreatervoicewithaunion,manycompanyownersignoredthem.As
Document4states,Iwillneverrecognizetheunion,never,never.whichthepresidentof
CarnegieSteelhadsaid.
Somepeoplewoulddisagreeandproposeaclaimthatstatesindustrializationand
urbanizationwasatimeofprogress.Thereweremanymachinescreatedatthistimewhichcan
beprovenbyDocument8whichisachartofallthenewinventionsthatwerecreated.These
peoplecanalsosaytherewasmorechoicesforthepeopleoftheU.SforDocument13
states,...alongthebusyaisles,muchaffectedbytheremarkabledisplaysoftrinkets,dressgoods,
stationery,andjewelry.whichprovesthatthereweremoregoodsforpeopletochoosefrom.
However,thesepeopleareincorrectduetothesupportofthecorruptioninthenewindustries.
ThisagewasnamedtheGildedAgeforareason.Ifsomethingisgilded,ithasagoldtopcoat,
butbeneaththatcoatisaworthlessmetal.Thisisametaphortotheageofindustrialization.On
thetopitmayseemthattheproductionofgoodsandtherichessomepeoplehardwereallthat
the1800swereabout,butinrealitycorruptionofthesocial,economic,andinhumanekind
existed,thereforenotprogressingforwardtoabetterfuture.
Toconclude,thelate1800smayappeartobeatimeofrichesandinnovations,but
underneaththat,laidcorruptionoftheindustries.Manypeoplebelieveditwastimeofprogress,

butunfortunately,onlynewinnovationsmadeitappearthatway.Duetobusinessowners
stealingfromtheirworkers,theworkersbeingtreatedinhumanelyandracism,theageof
Industrializationdidnothavemanyremarksofprogress.Thehumanityduringthistimeandeven
presentdayisquestionable.Nowitislefttoquestionifsocietyhasyetnotprogressedfromthe
late1800s.

PeerEditChecklistforIndustrializationDBQ

Introduction
DefinitionofindustrializationandGildedAgeanddecadescovered(time)
Definesthemostimportanttermsthereaderneedstohaveagoodsenseofthe
context(butnottoomuchsothattheintroislongerthanthebodyparagraphs)
Makesclearthattheessaywillanswer,Wasindustrializationprogress?but
doesnotjustsay,thisessaywillbeabout
Thesisbreaksthetimeperiodintodifferentaspectsorbucketsandargues
whichonesshowedprogressandwhichdidnot

Bodyparagraphs
Beginwithatransitionwhereneededtoconnecttheideasoftheprevious
paragraphtothenewone
Topicsentences
makeanargument
anddontcontainevidence
2documents(minimum)usedperbodyparagraph
Outsideinformation(laws,people,vocabularyterms)
Analysis:alwaysexplainshow___eitherdidordidnotmakeprogress
Bucketswithlotsofdocumentsandoutsideinformationarebrokenintomultiple
paragraphs(nopagelongparagraphs)

Conclusion
23sentencesreviewingthemainpointsofthepaperindifferentwords
Final,conclusivesentences(possiblechoices):
endwithafittingquote,alesson
learnedfromthistimeinhistory,howthistimerperiodshouldberemembered
byhistorians,aconnectiontotodaysworld,astatementabouttheimportance
ofthetopicinU.S.historyoverall

 Overall(throughouttheessay)
Usedatleast15vocabularywordsfromQuizletand10differentdocuments
Capitalizefirstwords,propernouns
Citedeachdocumentusedandincludedquoteswhennecessary
Correct
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