Paper instructions:
1. What was the cause of the dramatic industrial growth of the late nineteenth century in at least three
industries? (You can talk about three industries that interest you — railroad, steel and etc.)
2. Your text argues that Americans responded to the dramatic growth of big business in the late nineteenth century
with a mixture of fear and greed. Why do you think that was? What did the government do (acts, commissions, and
etc.) in response to these fears?