Unit+8--America's+Gilded+Age,+1870-1890

Focus Questions 1. What factors combined to make the United States a mature industrial society after the Civil War? 2. How was the West transformed economically and socially in this period? 3. Was the Gilded Age political system effective in meeting its goals? 4. How did the economic development of the Gilded Age affect American freedom? 5. How did reformers of the period approach the problems of an industrial society? Period 1870-1890 Key Concepts The rise of big business in the United States encouraged massive migrations and urbanization, sparked government and popular efforts to reshape the U.S. economy and environment, and renewed debates over U.S. national identities. The emergence of an industrial culture in the United States led to both greater opportunities for, and restrictions on, immigrants, minorities, and women. The "Gilded Age" witnessed new cultural and intellectual movements in tandem with political debates over economic and social policies. Governmental, political, and social organizations struggled to address the effects of large-scale industrialization, economic uncertainty, and related social changes such as urbanization and mass migration. **Essential Questions**
 * 1) What were the major political issues of the era? Where did Republicans and Democrats stand on these issues?
 * 2) What was the impact of industrialization on the farmer?
 * 3) How did farmers protest and were they successful in a political sense?
 * 4) What issues “drove” the 1896 election? And what was the significance of the 1896 election?
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What was the relationship between domestic and foreign policy during this period?
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To what extent did economic forces drive foreign policy during this era?
 * 7) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What was the role of public opinion and the media in shaping policy in this era?
 * 8) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How should one characterize the United States’ relations with Latin America after the Spanish-American War?
 * 9) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Consider U.S. foreign policy objectives in Asia and Europe. How successful were we in meeting these objectives?
 * 10) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What accounts for America's transition to industrialism in the late 19th century.
 * 11) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How did businessmen try to stabilize the growing chaos in the American economy in the late 1800s?
 * 12) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How did big business control the national government at the expense of the masses during the Gilded Age?
 * 13) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How did big businesses justify monopolies and exploitation of society?
 * 14) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How did extreme actions of industrialists produce extreme proposals for reform?
 * 15) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why did early labor unions fail to gain wide acceptance?
 * 16) <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Compare the Populists and the Progressives using the following categories: origins, political impact, supporters, platforms, success.
 * 17) <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">To what extent was progressivism a “grass roots” bottom-up movement?
 * 18) <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">To what extent was progressivism related to Jeffersonianism and Jacksonianism?
 * 19) <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Compare the programs, ideologies, and administrations of Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Recommended Media for Lesson 1 **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">American Colossus <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (C-SPAN - H.W. Brands)
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Commodore Vanderbilt & the Rise of Big Business <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (Miller Center - T.J. Stiles)


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Other Websites of Interest for Lesson 1 **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie <span style="color: #626262; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (PBS Website)
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Dramas of Haymarket <span style="color: #626262; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (Chicago Historical Society Website)
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Town of Pullman <span style="color: #626262; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (University of Virginia Website)


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Key Vocabulary for Lesson 1 **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Transcontinental Railroad, Pacific Railway Act, Union Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad, Promontory Point, Great Northern Railroad, Cornelius Vanderbilt, “Robber Barons,” Wabash Case, Interstate Commerce Act, Interstate Commerce Commission, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Vertical Integration, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, Horizontal Integration, John D. Rockefeller, Trust, Standard Oil Company, Interlocking Directorates, J.P. Morgan, Bessemer Process, US Steel Corporation, Gustavus F. Swift, Philip Armour, Andrew Mellon, “Nouveau Riche,” Social Darwinism, Herbert Spencer, William Graham Sumner, Reverend Russell Conwell, The Gospel of Wealth, Sherman Anti-Trust Act, “Ironclad Oaths,” “Yellow Dog Contracts,” Collective Bargaining, National Labor Union, Molly Maguires, Great Railroad Strike, Knights of Labor, Terence Powderly, Haymarket Square Riot, American Federation of Labor, Samuel Gompers, Homestead Strike, Pinkerton Detectives, Pullman Strike, American Railway Union, Eugene V. Debs, Injunction **


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Recommended Media for Lesson 2 **


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Other Websites of Interest for Lesson 2 **
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">New Perspectives on the West <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (PBS Website)


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Key Vocabulary for Lesson 2 **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Frederick Jackson Turner, Plains Indians, Concentration Policy, Relocation Policy, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Buffalo Regiment, Sand Creek Massacre, Sioux Wars, Sitting Bull, George A. Custer, Battle of Little Big Horn, Crazy Horse, Nez Perce, Chief Joseph, Apache, Geronimo, Battle of Wounded Knee, Helen Hunt Jackson, Dawes Severalty Act, Comstock Lode, “Long Drive,” Cowboys, Barbed-Wire, Homestead Act, Morrill Land-Grant Acts, Oklahoma Land Rush, “Crop Lien” System **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Recommended Media for Lesson 3 **
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876 <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (Miller Center - Michael F. Holt)
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">William Jennings Bryan, Presidential Contender <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (C-SPAN)


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Other Websites of Interest for Lesson 3 **
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">Presidential Elections 1860-1912 <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (HarpWeek Website)
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">Hayes vs. Tilden <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (HarpWeek Website)


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Key Vocabulary for Lesson 3 **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Election of 1868, “Waving the Bloody Shirt,” “Ohio Idea,” Jim Fiske, Jay Gould, Credit Mobilier Scandal, Whiskey Ring, Election of 1872, Panic of 1873, Greenbacks, Contraction, Specie Resumption Act of 1875, Bland-Allison Act, Greenback Labor Party, “Stalwarts,” Roscoe Conkling, “Half-Breeds,” James G. Blaine, “Mugwumps,” Election of 1876, Compromise of 1877, Election of 1880, James Garfield, Charles Guiteau, Chester Arthur, Pendleton Act, Civil Service Commission, Election of 1884, Grover Cleveland, Election of 1888, Benjamin Harrison, “Billion Dollar” Congress, Sherman Silver Purchase Act, Bimetalism, McKinley Tariff Bill, The Grange, Granger Laws, Munn v. Illinois, Greenback Labor Party, Farmers’ Alliances, People’s Party, Mary E. Lease, Ben Tillman, Election of 1892, James B. Weaver, Omaha Platform, Panic of 1893, Morgan Bond Transaction, Coxey’s Army, Wilson Gorman Bill, Election of 1896, William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold Speech, 16 to 1, William McKinley, Dingley Tariff Bill, God Standard Act of 1900 **


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Homework in preparation for Wednesday, January 22, 2014 **
 * **<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Read Chapter 16, pps. 633-638 (down to the rise of Andrew Carnegie) **


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Homework in preparation for Thursday, January 23, 2014 **


 * **<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Read Chapter 16, pps. 638-643 (down to The Transformation of the West) **


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Homework in preparation for Friday, January 24, 2014 **


 * **<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Read Chapter 16, pps. 643-648 **


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Homework in preparation for Monday, January 27, 2014 **


 * **<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Read Chapter 16, pp. 648-656 **


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Homework in preparation for Tuesday, January 28, 2014 **


 * **<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Read Chapter 16, pps. 648-656 **
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 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Read Chapter 16, pps. 656-661 **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">[|Boss Tweed] **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">[|Boss Tweed from Digital History] **


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Homework in preparation for Thursday, January 30, 2014 **


 * **<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Read Chapter 16, pps. 661-666 **


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Homework in preparation for Friday, January 31, 2014 **


 * **<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Read Chapter 16, pps. 666-673 **


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Homework in preparation for Monday, February 3, 2014 **


 * **<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Watch the River Ran Red about the labor movement. **
 * **<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">FRQ ****<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Compare and contrast the attitudes of THREE of the following toward the wealth that was created in the United States during the late 19th century: Andrew Carnegie, Eugene V. Debs, Horatio Alger, Booker T. Washington, Ida M. Tarbell PRINT OUT **


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 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Celebration of Knowledge, Chapter 16 **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Please fill out and either highlight or download and bring in a circled copy when next we meet! **


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 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">In class--Go to the following website: **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|The Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870-1912] **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Click on the "power" tab. **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">With your seat partner, answer the reading guide questions for your assigned section. The "link" will take you to the primary source documents that will help you analyze your questions. Type these questions in a word document and share with me and your partner so that you can both work on them. **


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 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">For homework--Go to the same website, click on the "people" tab and answer the reading questions for 2 sections. Due: Monday, February 10, 2014 **