What aspects of industrialization were new in the late 19th century? What were the costs and benefits of industrialization and how did middle and upper class attitudes hinder reforms?Immigrants played a central role in the workforce: Was the process of assimilation in the U.S. easy, and what factors affected how different groups of immigrants were received? Why were some Americans opposed to immigration?

What aspects of industrialization were new in the late 19th century? What were the costs and benefits of industrialization and how did middle and upper class attitudes hinder reforms?Immigrants played a central role in the workforce: Was the process of assimilation in the U.S. easy, and what factors affected how different groups of immigrants were received? Why were some Americans opposed to immigration?