WALTON/ROCKOFF, Chapter 11

1. What were the changes in the distribution of wealth from 1790 to 1860?

2. What was the rate of population growth during this period?
How much of this increase was due to immigration?

3. How did the distribution of the labor force change?

4. What was the wage differential between American and English workers during this period? What were the causes of this differential?

5. What was the wage differential between skilled and unskilled workers in the US?
Why was this differential less than in England?

6. Describe the working conditions in factories during this period.

7. Summarize the economic aims of unions during this period.

8. What were the political gains for workers during this period?

NISONOFF, "Bread and Roses"

1. What changes took place in the wages and working conditions of women in the New England textile mills in the 1830s and 1840s?

2. How did women workers respond to these changes in their wages and working conditions?

3. What were the eventual outcomes of these changes and responses?