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198 Midterm Spring 2014

Discuss the revolution in the making of the industrial working class and their work and living conditions, the evolving authority of the U.S. federal government, the evolution of U.S. geopolitical influence, and the struggle for African American equality between 1860 and the 1930s.

Rubric Code: CC839X

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Subject: History

Type: Writing

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	0-1 1 pts	2 pts	3 pts	4 pts	5 pts
Thesis/ Intro paragraph	0-1 Non-existent	2 Simply restates the prompt, providing very few details about the argument to come.	3 Introduces the topic and provides some details about the argument.	4 Introduces the topic and discusses briefly the transformation of most of the four different arguments, which parallels the arguments that follow in the support paragraphs.	5 Introduces the topic and discusses briefly the transformation of the four different argues, which parallels the arguments that follow in the support paragraphs.
Making of the working-class	0-1 Non-existent	2 Vaguely references one or two of the following; the revolution in the role of creating jobs and the city, the lack of labor laws, surplus of laborers, and rapid growth.	3 Details one well and vague or non-existent with the others.	4 Details two well and vague or non-existent with the others.	5 The IR created jobs, and along with the lure of the city, pulled millions to urban environments. The rapid unplanned growth of cities, the surplus of laborers, and the lack of worker regulation resulted in bad working and living condition for the large new working class.
Federal government	0-1 Non-existent	2 Vaguely references the need to regulate the economy or exploitation of consumers.	3 Details one well and vague or non-existent with the others.	4 Details two of three emphasis on the economic crises, the need to regulate business, or consumer exploitation.	5 The economic crises between the 1870s-1900s motivated citizens to support the federal government to regulate the economy and businesses to prevent economic crises, exploitation of consumers, and society. The government, however, passed little labor legislation.
Gepolitical influence	0-1 Non-existent	2 Vaguely references the importance of trade or the evolution of imperialism.	3 Vaguely references the importance of trade AND the evolution of imperialism.	4 Explains that either trade is at the center of U.S. foreign policy and geopolitical influence during the IR or eventually the state supports imperialism to continue to grow the economy and power, but not both.	5 Trade is at the center of U.S. foreign policy and geopolitical influence during the IR and eventually the state supports imperialism to continue to grow the economy and power.
African American equality	0-1 Non-existent	2 Vaguely references the migration or Jim Crow, no discussion of the northern vote.	3 Vaguely references Jim Crow, the migration, and the northern vote.	4 Good discussion about Jim Crow and urban life, but only vaguely mentions northern voters turning civil rights into a national politics.	5 The advent of Jim Crow laws, poverty, and violence stymie black life in the south. The Great Migration resulted in an increase of black northern voters who made civil rights a national issue by the 1930s.

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