The Gilded Age Period

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1 The Gilded Age Period

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3 AP U.S. History Ewald Name: The Rise of Industrial America Four Features of Industrial Manufacturing ( ), see p Major Industries Railroads Steel Oil Important People & Corporations Innovations financial, technical, & organizational Interstate Commerce Act (1887): Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890): United States v. E.C. Knight Company (1895): Major Inventors/Inventions Alexander Graham Bell: Thomas Edison: Hardships of Industrial Labor (identify at least three issues): Labor Movements (describe each organization and people/events associated with it) National Labor Union (NLU): Knights of Labor: American Federation of Labor (AFL): Strikes/Labor Violence (describe each event and outcomes): Wildcat Railroad Strike (1877): Haymarket Riot (1886): Pullman Strike (1894) Social Philosophy (describe each philosophy and major contributors/written works): Social Darwinism: Socialism/Marxism:

4 Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life, Push & Pull Factors for Migration/Immigration identify and describe at least 3 major points Challenges for Immigrants identify and describe at least 3 major challenges for immigrants Middle Class Society and Culture briefly describe each term with examples as appropriate Victorian code: cult of domesticity: changes in higher education: Working Class Politics & Reform briefly describe each term/concept Machine politics: Tammany Hall: William Marcy Tweed: YMCA/YWCA: Salvation Army: Social Gospel: Settlement house movement (Hull House/Jane Addams): Working-Class Leisure ( low brow ) identify and describe at least 3 popular pastimes Literature, Arts, and Education ( high brow ) briefly describe each term genteel tradition : realism/naturalism (Crane, Twain, Dreiser): modernism (Wright, Homer, Eakins): the new woman (Willard, Gilman, Chopin): education reform (Harris, Rice, parochial schools):

5 Politics in the Gilded Age, Regulating the Money Supply describe the positions of the following groups (who was on each side?) Goldbugs hard money, tight credit Silverites soft money, easy credit The Crime of 73 demonetizing silver Bland-Allison Act (1878) Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1890) Other Reform Efforts compare Republican vs. Democratic positions Civil Service Reform Garfield s assassination (1881): Pendleton Civil Service Act (1883): Tariffs Linkage with budget surplus: McKinley Tariff (1890): Pensions The Populist Movement The National Grange Goals: Granger Laws : Farmers Alliance Goals: Populist (People s) Party (est. 1892): African-American challenges Disenfranchisement ( Jim Crow ): lynching: Civil Rights cases (1883): Plessy v. Ferguson (1896): Booker T. Washington: Panic of 1893 what happened? Depression of Economic impact: Coxey s Army: Election of 1896 positions on issues? who won and why? William J. Bryan (Democrat/Populist): William McKinley (Republican):

6 The Last West or the Death of the Frontier In Turner s view, what is key to understanding United States History? Name: Explain the impact of white settlement on the Plains Indians. Briefly describe each of the following: a. Sand Creek Massacre b. Red River War c. Little Big Horn d. Wounded Knee e. Sitting Bull f. Crazy Horse g. Chief Joseph h. Geronimo How and why did the white settlers kill the buffalo? By the 1880s Americans, in general, were becoming more aware of the Indian problem. What was the name of the book that made Americans aware of the issue? Who wrote the book? Finally, the government passed the Dawes Severalty Act of What did this act say? What was the result of the act?

7 Document Analysis Warm ups Document #1 Describe what the document is Document #2 Describe what the document is Historical Context Historical Context Intended Audience Intended Audience Point of View Point of View Purpose Purpose Outside Information Outside Information Document #3 Describe what the document is Document #4 Describe what the document is Historical Context Historical Context Intended Audience Intended Audience Point of View Point of View Purpose Purpose Outside Information Outside Information

8 Who Journeyed West? Your assignment is to tell me who journeyed to the Western United States. Tell me where they moved, what each group experienced, and analyze the significance of this experience. Who? Where? Experience (Why? What happened?) Southeastern Native Americans Analysis (Why was this important?) Vaqueros Mormons 49ers & 59ers Homesteaders Speculators Exodusters & Buffalo Soldiers Women Chinese immigrants Irish Immigrants

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11 Directions: For each term, you must have a classmate define the term and a different classmate identify the significance. There are a total of 28 boxes. List the initials of each classmate in the box they help fill. When you have used all of your classmates, you are responsible for the remaining boxes. Term Definition Significance Wabash case, 1886 Interstate Commerce Act (1887) Conspicuous consumption Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 Great Railroad Strike of 1877 Knights of Labor

12 American Federation of Labor Homestead Strike (1892) Pullman Strike (1894) Eugene Debs Thomas Nast Social Gospel Movement New Immigration

13 Comparing and Contrasting Labor Unions National Labor Union Knights of Labor 1869-late 1800s American Federation of Labor present Industrial Workers of the World 1905-present Membership Leadership Goals Tactics Outcomes

14 MAJOR LABOR DISPUTES STRIKE ISSUES OUTCOME RAILROAD STRIKES OF 1877 THE HAYMARKET RIOT (1886) HOMESTEAD STRIKE (1892) THE PULLMAN STRIKE (1894) THE LAWRENCE TEXTILE STRIKE (1912)

15 Cross of Gold Speech, 1896 If they [the Republicans] dare to come out in the open field and defend the gold standard as a good thing, we shall fight them to the uttermost, having behind us the producing masses of the nation and the world. Having behind us the commercial interests and the laboring interests and all the toiling masses, we shall answer their demands for a gold standard by saying to them, you shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. -William Jennings Bryan Questions 1) What two parties nominated Bryan as their presidential candidate in 1896? What constituency did these parties have in common? 2) How and why did Republicans attack Bryan s speech? 3) What were the consequences of Bryan s failed presidential campaign? Caption: The Sacrilegious Candidate - No man who drags into the dust the most sacred symbols of the Christian world is fit to be president of the United States.

16 The Great Debate Place the phrases in the appropriate portion of the Venn diagram. Then write three phrases of your own in the diagram. Born a slave Booker T. Washington W.E.B. DuBois Critic of lynching Born in 1863 Born in 1856 Born free Died in Ghana in 1963 Died in Alabama in 1915 Talented Tenth Civil rights leader Author of Up From Slavery (1901) Author of The Souls of Black Folk (1903) Editor of The Crisis Consultant to Teddy Roosevelt The Great Accomodator Pan-Africanism Founder of Tuskegee Institute Founder of NAACP Founder of the Niagara Movement Advocated industrial education Both Advocated professional education Ph.D. from Harvard Wanted blacks to have a better way of life Created by Mr. Johnson