Problems in American Democracy

by Thames Williamson

8. Outline the growth of our manufacturing industries.

9. How are transportation and communication encouraged by the physical geography of the United States?

10. Why is our domestic trade of relatively greater importance than our foreign trade?

11. To what three types of goods is our predominance in foreign markets due?

12. What qualities of the American people have contributed to their industrial success?

REQUIRED READINGS

1. Williamson, Readings in American Democracy, chapter vi.

Or all of the following:

2. Bishop and Keller, Industry and Trade, chapters i and ii.

3. Bogart, Economic History of the United States, chapter i.