Assignment 1- Portfolio Assignment
Part 1-
1. Why do people invent new technology? Have those reasons changed in the modern period?
2. Why would some people oppose railroads as a new form of transportation? Why would they oppose new forms of transportation in general?
Part 2-
1. How do growing businesses and new technology of today continue to affect the economy?
Part 3-
1. What kind of problems do you think you would face if you were a woman working in a textile mill (making clothing)?
2. Why were immigrants not always welcome in the United States? How have views toward immigrants in America changed over time?
Part 4-
1. How did the cotton gin change the cotton industry?
Part 5-
1. What do you think the South was like before the Civil War? Draw a picture that represents a typical Southern scene.