Growth+and+Change

=Growth and Change=


 * Topics:**
 * Native Americans
 * Cowboys
 * Western Transportation and Communication
 * Transcontinental Railroads
 * Homestead Act
 * Electricity
 * Grange vs. Railroads
 * Monopolies and Capitalism
 * Labor Conditions and Unions
 * Ellis and Angel Islands and Immigration
 * The People's Party (Populist)


 * Big Questions**:
 * Describe the wild west of the cowboys.
 * How did the completion of transcontinental railroads affect the economy?
 * Defend capitalism and the rights of big business.
 * Trace the development and successes and failures of labor unions.
 * Outline the experience of an immigrant from Southern or Eastern Europe through Ellis Island and follow them for one or two generations.