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Questions for the Document-Based Investigation on Industrialization
Using information from the documents and your knowledge of United States history, answer the
questions that follow each document. As you analyze the documents, keep in mind that your ultimate
goal will be to answer the following question:
What were the costs and benefits of industrialization on individuals and groups during this era?
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Questions related to source A:
1. What are some of the challenges Sadie Frowne encountered during her employment?
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2. How did industrialization contribute to these challenges?
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3. Who benefited from labor provided by people such as Sadie Frowne?
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Questions related to source B:
4. What trends do you observe in the “Total Wages Paid” chart? The “Manufacturing Establishments”
chart?
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5. How do these trends illustrate the concept of industrialization?
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6. Who may have benefited from these trends? Been harmed by these trends?
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Questions related to source C:
7. List three observations about the photograph of child workers.
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8. Based on the picture e, describe working conditions during the era of industrialization.
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9. Who benefited the most from the conditions shown in the picture? The least?
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Questions related to source D:
10. What business practices allowed for the incomes necessary to support the lifestyle illustrated in
these photos?
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11. Which groups might not have benefited from the lifestyle shown in the photos?
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Now that you have analyzed the above documents, use your answers and your knowledge of United
States history to develop a well-written paragraph addressing the following question:
What were the costs and benefits of industrialization on individuals and groups during this era?
To start, identify three characteristics of industrialization during this era and complete the cost/benefit
chart (see below) for each characteristic.
Characteristic of
Industrialization
Cost(s)
Benefit(s)
Summarize the information in your chart in one, well-written sentence. Then, using that sentence as
your thesis, write the remainder of your paragraph which must include, at a minimum, the following
components:
 A thesis statement (see above)
 Three supporting detail sentences that:
o address a different aspect of industrialization
o reference a source given
A closing sentence summarizing your position
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