Question

AP US History question:

Analyze the impact of technological innovations on the lives of TWO of the following groups. Confine your answer to the period 1865-1920: factory workers, middle-class urban residents, Midwestern farmers.

Answer 1

Technological innovations during this time in the United States primarily had negative impacts on factory workers since they introduced very dangerous working conditions, and positive impacts on middle-class urban residents since their income increased (in general).