HIS 101 CSULB Capitalism Debates in 19th Century America Essay

Prompt: How and why did nineteenth century industrial capitalism cause debates over the
meaning of freedom in the US? In your response, you should consider how different groups
of people either questioned or justified existing hierarchies.

You will need to use multiple sources from class, including
primary sources, lectures, and textbook chapters. You must cite at least two primary source

To answer this question, you must only use the following sources:
Primary Sources
1). Harriet H. Robinson Remembers a Mill Workers’ Strike (1836

https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/the-market-rev…

2). Printer Albert R. Parsons Testifies (1878)

https://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4937
3). Allan Pinkerton, Strikers, Communists, Tramps, and Detectives (excerpt, 1878)

https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-homestead-st…
4). William Graham Sumner on Social Darwinism (ca. 1880)

http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/16-capital-and-…
5). Grover Cleveland, “Message Regarding U.S. Labor Force” (1886)

https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidenti…
6). “Pyramid of the Capitalist System” (1911)
Secondary Sources
1). American Yawp: “Capital and Labor”

http://www.americanyawp.com/text/16-capital-and-la…
2). American Yawp: “Life in Industrial America”

http://www.americanyawp.com/text/18-industrial-ame…