The DBQ Essay Using the primary source material you have read and your knowledge of the time period 1820 to 1860, assess the validity of this statement: The wave of immigration during the 1830s and 1840s was vital in the industrialization of America.

In your response, you should do the following:

State a relevant thesis that directly addresses all parts of the question.
Support the thesis or a relevant argument with evidence from all, or all but one, of the documents.
Incorporate analysis of all, or all but one, of the documents into your argument.
Focus your analysis of each document on at least one of the following: intended audience, purpose, historical context, and/or point of view.
Support your argument with analysis of historical examples outside the documents.
Connect historical phenomena relevant to your argument to broader events or processes.

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Primary Source Articles

American economic growth in the early 1800s
Lowell Mills factory worker autobiography
Lowell Mills list of regulations
Beginning of immigration
The Tide of Emigration