Examine the Northern interest in the industrialization of the New South. Is William Marshall a "carpetbagger"? Provide an explanation for your answer.

How did the Antebellum South differ economically, socially, and politically from the South before the Civil War? In what ways do the characters in Hellman's play reflect these transformations?

Does The Little Foxes adhere to the conventions of melodrama or the well-made play? How does it align with these genres, and in what respects does it deviate?

What were some differences in wage and labor conditions between the North and the South at the turn of the 20th century, and what motivated workers to form labor unions?

What factors kept African Americans like Addie and Cal in subservient and powerless positions twenty-five years after emancipation?