Writing Question

Question 1) What explains the violence of the Gilded Age? How did the economic, political, and ideological factors come to play on society in the 1880s?

Question 2) In addition to talking about the experience of workers in the 19th century, this course also uses the language of “class” to make sense of this history.  Is that a choice that makes sense? Why or why not? What explains the contours of class in the 19th century? 

Question 3) Pick a theme or idea you’ve written about in your weekly reading response and develop that into an argumentative essay. Is there an idea on concept you want to explore more? Do you have lingering questions or doubts about aspects of the subject mater? Do you think there is a certain factor or phenomenon that helps explain the contours of history? Is there something important that we have left out? Be sure to develop an academic argument from these ideas. And please consult with me before taking on this question.