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CAPE History Unit 2 · 2008 · Paper 2 · Question 4(a)

Based on Documents I, II, and III regarding US industrialization, the Pacific Railway Act, mineral resources, and textile labor conditions.

With reference to Document I, outline FOUR ways by which improvements in transport and communications in the nineteenth century facilitated the expansion of the industrial sector and economic growth in the United States of America.

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4(b)With reference to Document II, explain how the discovery of mineral and other natural resources contributed to industrialization in the United States of…[6 marks]
4(c)(i)With reference to Document III, explain how the process of industrialization in the nineteenth century United States of America resulted in changes in the work…[6 marks]
4(c)(ii)With reference to Document III, explain how the process of industrialization in the nineteenth century United States of America altered the working conditions…[6 marks]
4(d)With reference to Document III, suggest TWO ways by which workers responded to the emerging labour environment.[4 marks]

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