Three of the following questions will be on the exam and you will choose one of them. Be prepared to write a well-organized essay answering it. Remember that you need to include a thesis in your introductory paragraph and use the body of the essay to provide evidence supporting that thesis
1. How was the United States able to become the preeminent industrial power by the turn of the twentieth century?
2. Discuss immigration from 1865 to 1925. To what extent were immigrants "pushed" out of their native countries or "pulled" to the United States? Explain the rise of Nativism.
3. What reform groups emerged in the Gilded age? What were their agendas and how successful were they?
4. How is imperialism a reflection of the growth of the US as an economic power during the latter part of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century?
5. What factors led to the Great Depression? How did the responses of Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt differ?