 | Chapter Objectives (See related pages)
When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to:
Describe the development of industrial systems, including their constituent parts. |
 |  |  | Explain how railroads became America's first big business. |
 |  |  | Explain why and how huge corporations developed in this era. |
 |  |  | Discuss the defenses and criticisms of big business. How did big business impact the environment? |
 |  |  | Describe the new situations faced by industrial workers and their responses to industrialization. |
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