Module 6 Assignment
Instructions
Provide answers to each question in paragraph form, using at least 3-5 sentences. Include the page number from the textbook for your evidence. 1. On the whole, did industrialization improve the life of the working class or worsen it? Why?
2. Is city life better today than it was in the late nineteenth century? Why or why not?
3. There has been much talk of giving reparations (monetary compensation) to the descendants of enslaved African American people to compensate them for their ancestors’ labor. Do you believe this should be done? Why or why not? Should other countries in which slavery or serfdom existed do the same? Why or why not?
4. How do we try to help the poor today? Has our approach changed from the nineteenth century? What do we now think are the reasons for poverty?
5. Are governments today concerned with protecting the rights of workers? Are they more concerned with the rights of workers or the rights of employers?