During the latter part of the 19th century into the early days of the 20th century, America experienced heavy growth in industry, immigration, and urbanization

During the latter part of the 19th century into the early days of the 20th century, America experienced heavy growth in industry, immigration, and urbanization.  How were these three related, and what role did each play in helping advance the others.

Support your points with examples or illustrations from the text. Remember to include a lot of details and information from the sources in your initial post, as these are formal and should be treated as such and remember to cite your paraphrased and quoted information with APA in-text citations. You are not required to directly quote, but all information should be paraphrased and cited.

Required Reading: https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/18-introduction

· Chapters 18 and 19

· Pages 515-578

7 points

Engagement / Interaction

engaged in a meaningful and relevant dialog with two or more peers

Participation and Timeliness

participated on two or more days and responded to main topic the day of the first post due date

 

6 points 

Content and Mechanics

Civil Discourse forum contributions always addressed the main topic, contained critical thought/analysis. Posts are substantial with quality research from the GMC database and are written in a professional manner, free of grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors and citations/references are in APA format

ENG 201 (MLA FORMAT- 150 words)

Meaningfully respond to the following prompt for this week’s discussion. You can only use the sources provided. No outside sources.

How might ‘The Allegory of the Cave’ be relevant in the world today (specific current events, and/or your personal life)? How can knowledge be painful, and ignorance comforting? What are sometimes in which you, or people you know, have willingly stayed “inside their caves”? See links- https://open.library.okstate.edu/introphilosophy/chapter/on-the-allegory-of-the-cave-plato/

Civil Discourse Forum participation will be graded using the following criteria:

2 points

4 points

Timeliness

N/A – no points are available for this criterion

Main response posted on or before stated first-post deadline

Engagement

N/A- no points are available for this criterion

2 or more days of substantive participation  during active course week

Interaction

N/A- no points are available for this criterion

Two or more substantive replies to peers (in addition to main response)

Content

Main response content is substantive, but fails to specifically or correctly address some aspect of content instructions

Main response content is substantive, relevant, organized, and meets or exceeds 150 words in length

Mechanics, Tone, and Style

Posts contain minor or infrequent errors in tone, grammar/mechanics, or MLA-style documentation

Posts are written in a polite, professional tone and are essentially free of errors in grammar/mechanics; any necessary documentation is proficient in MLA style