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The Gilded Age
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| massive economic growth after the civil war. result? | POP TRIPLED= higher demand for goods |
| population amount? | before war: 30 mil after= 100 mil! |
| big govt sympathetic to business. foundation? what does this mean> | set in civil war; national back created, tariffs increases and massive spending on railroads, internal imorvments; massive boom taking place; govt very helpful to buisnesses= CORPORATE WELFARE |
| massive immagration = ___? | cheap labor; |
| What were we by 1900? | economic powerhouse; we passed up britian |
| economy today? | 4x china's! |
| dates if the gilded age? | 1877-1900 |
| symbol of gilded age? | robber barons |
| why were the robber barons hated? | bc they used brutal tactics and got everything; super successful' "robbing" everyone; "baron" someone of nobility |
| railroad baron | cornelius Vanderbiltl; controlled shipping and ferries; "the commodores"; Vanderbilt University; owned the railroad that were ket peices and hut them down to get payed to reopen them! |
| steel giant | andre carnegie; vertical integration- owned everything through the processes. control every aspect of production for steel. |
| vertical integration | owned all the processes |
| trsut maker | john d rockefeller. he owned 95% of oil by 1879; horizontal integration- controlled one crucial step...all businesses had to come thru you; R only refined the oil; trust (standard oil trust)= monopoly ;;TRUST---> board runs the businesses. |
| Financier | JP Morgan; played the market; company still around; in panic of 93 govt asked him for 60 million dollars in gold! |
| tabacco baron | south; takes over tobbacco market; owns 90% of all t comp anises; duke university |
| diet changed when? what? | ind. rev.;; ice box, refrigerated cars |
| communications x3 | telegraph, typewriter, telephone |
| telegraph, year? | trans atlantic telegraph; 1866 |
| typewriter year? | 1867 |
| telephone. year? who? #? | 1876 alex graham bell; 800000 by 1900 |
| electricity. who what when?/ | edison, lightbulb 1879 |
| 1st moving pics year? 1st blockbuster? name and year? | 1895; birth of a nation 1915 |
| 1st diesel engine? who? when? | rudolf diesel; 1892 |
| nikola tesla. what when? | electric engine, 1st radio |
| rep dominated era. why? | congress and president both reps. 8 of 10 elections |
| battle of rep party. who? | stalwarts and half breeds |
| stalwarts | "stalwarts" : high tariffs, hard money(gold and silver coins), spoils system (firing a lot of ppl like crazy and put in their ppl) "unmovable, cant be destroyed or changed" didn't like half breeds! called that bc they weren't fully reps |
| half breeds | Dissatisfies with GRant, RR and reconstruction and favored reform Hayes;fed up with corruption of recon;want to reform the mass. level of corruption swept american politics in 1870's ;1877 hayes ended reconstruction; called rino (republican in name only) |
| election of 1880. who won? VP? | James Garfeild - president (half breed) Chester Arthur - VP (stalwart)---> forced to step down from a huge port business bc of HUGE corruption alot of reps love him bc of that;together so that they would get both their votes;win state of NY |
| civil service reform. garfeild? | assassinated by office seeker; says no to giving him a a job; shoots him bc he think aruther will give him job |
| pendleton act. kills? | spoiled system; bc of G's death; signed bc of his death a lot of seats in congress go to democrats;illegal to hire and fire ppl whenever; justifiable reasons to be fired;didn't veto bc the president got shot over it, but he didn't want to sign it. |
| tax reform. tariff called? %? | Mongrel tariff. tax is so high that the northerns wanted it lowered bc they couldn't afford it; point = congress messed and added so much stuff it lowered the tariff by ONLY 1.5% ;ppl decided to just vote democrat |
| Clevland. 1st? called? | dem in 30 years for president; bourbon democrat- old french family ..old school..conservative;;supported gold standard |
| signs that americans are tireed of rep rule? | congress went to dem in 1880 &1882; not happy with arthur so they elect clevlalnd |
| election of 1884. winner? platform? votes? | platform of reform and anti-corruption half breeds voted for grover appealing to half breeds bc they wanted to reform and end corruption won by carrying NY by 1149 votes! closest press election in history (out of one million votes cast in the nation ) |
| Clevland's reform. 1st big thing? act passed? | rail roads. interstate commerce act of 1887 -- trade between states; THE major form of trade back then; constitution said they could regulate commerce but this is the first time they tried |
| ICC | interstate Commerce Commision--- if you think someone is doing things illegally in the trade you tell them and then ICC steps in. |
| Benjamin Harrison. rep or dem? election and issue? votes? | R;Election of 1888- increasing tariffs was THE ISSUE;Cleveland was successful in reformation bc it wasn't the issue now;if you vote Republican you vote for increases in tariff;if you vote for Cleveland Democrat you vote for decreases in tariff |
| winner of election of f1888. carried? | harrison; NY |
| Biggest tariff in american history? under who? | McKinley Tariff of 1890; Harrison; tax on improted and manufactured good.. raised europes tax on our stuff; |
| million dollar congress? | bc they raised our annual budget up to one million dollars spending money like crazy say they'll get the money from the McKinley tariff |
| result of harrison's presidency? | panic of 1893 ---> tariff hurt trade = lower govt. income big spending = emptied treasury QUICK;spent way too much money! and they didn't have it! it was only projected;bankrupted country and tanked economy bc they bought too many votes |
| return of the democrats. after when? why? how? | Congress goes democrat again! HUGE SHIFT! it went form R back to D bc they spent to much money on buying votes the mckinley tariff killed economy Election of 1892.... no chance for R! |
| election of 1892. no chance for who? winner? wy? | Cleveland; undo what R did!2 nonconsecutive terms; South always votes democrats... but now NY and some other N states are now D;not successful bc panic happened under others power but collapsed under his watch, but doesn't matter bc its under his guard |
| election of 1892. clevland horrible...why? | presidency stunk bc he got blamed for the panic 20% unemployment panic caused by mckinley tariff and democrats blamed for it, but reps did this |
| urban revolt. who? | unions (designed to protect workers rights); sought better conditions--- 8 hour work days; end child labor to benefit themselves |
| unions plauged with violence? | every time the unions go on strike something violent happened negative stereotype big govt. supportive of big business |
| 3 examples that the hurt the unions movement | haymarket riot; homestead strike; pullman strike |
| hay market riot. year? what happened? | 1866 Chicago; bomb thrown into cops and killeed them |
| homestead strike. year? who? what? | 1892; Carneige Steel; Cut their wages and they went of strike; he hired army of guys to beat the strikers up! 5 months before it ends. ppl killed and hurt |
| pullman strike. year? company? what happened? | 1894; pullman palace cars; panic of 93 hits companies in $ bind. "the way you control profits, is control labor" tried not to fired ppl, so they cut wages |
| how much did pullman's cut wages? workers on strike why? company's reaction? who do strikers call? | 25%; bc they didn't adjust the food store prices; they cut of the stores so now they don't have money or food; call eugene debs |
| eugene debs. runs what? associated with pullman company? what does he do? kills? | American Railroad Union; Pullman makes railroad cars and this is chance for Debs to get support bc if railroads aren't running then pullman falls; shuts down railroads to chicago; kills 7 states |
| clevland's reaction to Debs? Debs 1st what? meaning? | said theyre gonna fight back with soilders , debs arrested; comes out as the 1st Socialist Leader; |
| socialist? | govt. to control: transportation, fuel, healthcare;to this day: a lot of the union workers and leaders are socialist. want govt. to control it bc they think they'll be fair.union workers HATE private business; federal workers are parts of the union. |
| populist movement | rural ppl are losing farms and want to infuse silver into the economy to make it easier for debtors to pay their debts |
| election of 1896. who? who supports he populists? | William McKinley (R) (goldbugs) and William Jennings Bryan (D) (silver bugs) Democrats wanted to support the Populist to win platform= if you vote for us, we'll add more silver into the economy so its easier for them to pay their bills |
| bryan? pushes? spilt?????? | wanted to be nominated for the democrats pushes for more silver bourbon democrats didn't agree with him Cleveland nominate their own democratic nominee democrats split meaning that they have no chance split into Silver-bugs and Bourbons |
| McKinley. known for? carried? name? | put up the McKinley tariff carried NY "Front Porch candidate" |
| Bryan campaign? | travels, blue collared? |
| 2 precedents? election known as? | 1st modern election; 1. raise as much money as you can (McKinley raises 50X bryan) 2. Bryan is 1st president to o to the ppl to win their votes |
| New forces-- 1st time __? | family being plit up |
| Darwinism. who? book? "__"? | charles darwin; the origin of species; "natural selection" |
| natural selection | Survival of the fittest evolve from the environment;only the ppl who adapt and get stronger are the ones who live on Darwin always said the peacock feather was what messed him up! monkeysno scientist alive has every been able to observe and test evoluti |
| most of the barons believed in what kind of evolution? | social |
| social darwinism? who? what? | Herbert SPencer apply darwinism to society interaction of mankind COMPETITION IS GOOD! working to perfection "survival of the fittest" Mindset that SD was to explain inequalities |
| SD to explain inequalities? Jim Crow? | test = apply it to economics bc business will close down if it doesn't meet the needs of consumers rich and powerful = fittest jim crow had these views---> racial segregation justified under social darwinism! white race = superior black race = infer |
| Gospel of wealth. who?stated? maecenas? | better for society that we have those who are better than other better that we have inequalities maecenas -- advisor to the first roman emperor (his analogy ) without me, there would be nothing |
| Gospel of Wealth. saying? law of competition? | Saying all the things that happened are because of inequality... moving towards a state of perfection law of competition-- great price paid, but its for the better he's arguing why its so beneficial to have fitly rich people, |
| reform darwinism (progressive). who? problem? need what?end? pushed? motive...but don't believe what? | Lester Frank Ward;greed and competition is the problem;CORPORATION(government needs to step in);end ignorance and poverty;pushes public education;motive is good but they don't believe the nature of man is sinful;mankind is way bc of the environment |
| Dwight L Moody. quote? avoided? | "water runs down hill, and the highest hills in american are the great cities...if we can stir them we shall stir a whole country" avoided denominational ties so he could reach the whole country |
| Dwight L Moody. highly ___? music? gave ppl __? | highly organized designed it to be very informal very motivated ballparks, stadiums, very few in churches music (Ira Sankey) he starts the whole worship thing Sankey = singer and musician very effective and very big --- gave ppl hope |
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