What are the similarities and differences of the various major strikes that occurred after the Civil War.

Opens Friday 3/24/23
Answers to Questions Below DUE: Thursday, 3/30/23 before 2359/11:59 p.m. midnight for 70 points.
Your answer is required to be a minimum of 250-300 words excluding citations and sources BUT be sure to provide both in-text citations and a Works Cited of sources in the MLA format.
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QUESTION 1:
Are the late-nineteenth-century business entrepreneurs best described as “robber barons” or “captains of industry.” Take a stance and then make an argument justifying your stance. Give specific facts from the actions and experiences of these individuals to support your position and be sure to provide support for your answer (including citations and page numbers when appropriate).
OR
QUESTION 2:
Why did American workers have such trouble responding to the new industrial conditions of labor? Why were business and the middle-class public generally hostile to allowing workers to organize as industry did? Why did the AF of L survive while the Knights of Labor failed? Explain. Be sure to support your response with facts from the assigned readings (including citations and page numbers where required).
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QUESTION 3:
What are the similarities and differences of the various major strikes that occurred after the Civil War. Include the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, the Homestead Strike, and the Pullman Strike. What was the result of these strikes? Was anything gained by the strikes? Why or Why not? Explain and be specific when offering examples that support your ideas and, as always, be sure to include sources, citations and page numbers for everything.
OR
QUESTION 4:
Compare and contrast the approaches advocated by Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois to segregation laws. Why were their approaches different? Which approach was the better choice? More successful? Explain. Provide clear examples to justify your stance. Add the appropriate sources, citations, and page numbers where required.
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QUESTION 5:
How did the government’s policy toward Native Americans develop over the years, and what were the main factors that influenced its development? How did this affect the Native Americans? Was it a positive or negative influence? Why or why not? Add the appropriate sources, citations, and page numbers where required.
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QUESTION 6:
Compare and contrast farming in the South and the West. In what ways were they similar? In what ways were they different? What challenges and opportunities did farmers in each region face? Did the South or the West have the advantage? Why? Explain your viewpoint using specific illustrations along with factual support for your answer providing sources, citations and page numbers as needed.

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