What were some of the early challenges to industrial development?

Major Essay (50 points)

Make sure you address ALL aspects of the question.  Additionally, you need to write in essay form, with an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion.  Do not write one long paragraph.  Lastly, be prepared to write your essay (and IDs) in PEN, not pencil. This should be 1 and ¼ page.

1. What were the aims of Reconstruction in the American South after the Civil War? How did these change over time? Was Reconstruction a failure? 400words
2. How did the economic structure of the Southern United States change after the Civil War? Was the South in a colonial relationship with the North? Be sure to discuss all economic levels of American society. 400words
3. What were some of the early challenges to industrial development? Who benefitted from this system? What were the responses of those who didn’t? 400words
4. Why did the United States engage in military expansionism and imperialism in the late 19^th-early 20^th century? Where did it exert its influence and why? Use specific examples. 400words
5. What was progressivism in early 20^th America? What were its aims? Was it led by the lower classes to constrain corporations? 400words
6. The United States claimed neutrality during WWI but was it truly neutral? What were its ultimate motivations for declaring war? 400words
7. What did Wilson mean by calling WWI “a war for democracy”? Did Wilson’s vision for democracy abroad correlate to how democracy was being practiced within the United States? 400words