APUSH - Cornwell FEB 16-24‚ 2011 1. INDUSTRIAL AMERICA in the LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY • Corporate consolidation of industry • Effects of technological development on the worker and workplace • Labor and unions • National politics and influence of corporate power • Migration and immigration: changing face of the nation • Proponents and opponents of the new order (e.g. “Social Darwinism and Social Gospel”) AMSCO pp. 333-347 (CH 17) EV pp. 543-573 (CH 18) ESSENTIAL
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United States History “The Gilded Age” Unit Portrait of America: Heilbroner‚ “The Master of Steel: Andrew Carnegie” McCullough‚ “The Brooklyn Bridge: A Monument to American Ingenuity and Daring” “Gilded Age” – Key Terms Transcontinental Railroads Union Pacific & Central Pacific Land Grants Power – natural monopolies: Vanderbilt Industrial stimulation Corruption: stock watering‚ rebates‚ pools Regulation – Wabash case? Interstate Commerce Act (1887) Captains of Industry (Robber
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Black lists. D) Government affected organized labor as well. Haymarket Square‚ Knights of Labor were protesting when a bomb exploded by an anarchist and this was blamed on the K of L. Homestead Steel plant‚ strikers were trying to kill the head of plant when detectives from gvt were sent to restore order. Pullman strike of 1893. E) However‚ their persistence allowed for them to finally be recognized as good by the government and things like labor day appeared. 2007 DBQ – Because of the political
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sea of angry people engulfed the street‚ yelling‚ cursing‚ and waving their fists in malice. Sweaty‚ calloused hands grasped tattered pieces of cardboard that read: “We deserve better pay!” “Americans before foreigners!” Even a number of scrawny children assumed a part in the riot‚ viciously waving signs proclaiming‚ “We want to go to school!” Threateningly‚ the mob surrounded the affluent home of a local cotton mill owner‚ a man who dared to hire Irish immigrants as a replacement for the mill
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Political: • Businesses benefited from friendly government policies that protected private property‚ subsidized railroads with land grants and loans‚ supported US manufacturers with protective tariffs‚ and refrained from either regulating business operations or heavily taxing corporate profits. • Government policies gave 170 million acres of land to railroad companies for expansion of business. • Land grants and cash loans made poor construction and increased corruption in government. • Since
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Collective Bargaining John Hayles J00655937 Chapter 1(nothing assigned) Chapter 2 1) Pure/ simple unionism- had two major objectives. The primary objective was economic betterment of the organizations members. Gommpers believed the truth or essence‚ of labor unions should be measured in terms of their economic accomplishments 2) Closed shop-for an employee to obtain a job the employee must first become a member of a union prior to or upon employment and was made unlawful by lmra in 1947
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higher wages and shorter hours; and that is what they got. From 1886-1891 the average daily hours gradually decreased as the average daily wages were increasing (Doc A).The Homestead and Pullman Strike ultimately did not succeed‚ however‚ but if the federal government had not joined in‚ they probably would have. In the Homestead‚ they were strong enough to get the Pinkertons to surrender. Strikes weren’t kind; people had died before surrendering (Doc G). With Rockefeller in oil‚ “workmen became truly
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(Three Points) What happened in Haymarket Square on May 1‚ 1886? What happened on May 4? Who was convicted in the trial? What did Governor Altgeld do in 1893? (Four points) What was the Homestead Lockout? What did Alexander Berkman do? What did Carnegie do? (Three points) Why did Pullman workers go on strike in 1895? What happened when Railroad workers went on a sympathy strike? What did President Cleveland do? How were the careers of Eugene Debs and Clarence Darrow affected? (Five
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railroads and corporations gave way to labor unrest. Eventually‚ the new “rugged” American refused to comply with the unfair conditions of the factories- so much so that many labor strikes ended in violence. When the homestead workers refused to leave‚ gun battle erupted. The Pullman strike‚ as well as Dewey Cox’s army had a similar ending. Eventually the ups and downs of the economic problems led to the depression of 1893 beginning with the stock market collapse. Jackson stated‚ “as
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1883 Civil Service Act of 1883 1886 Samuel Gompers 1886 Haymarket Riot 1887 American Protective Association 1887 Immigration Restrictive League 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre 1890 People’s Party 1892 Homestead Strike 1892 Ellis Island 1894 Pullman Strike 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson 1900 Theodore Roosevelt Elected President 1903 Wright brother’s first flight 1908 Taft Elected President 1914 World War 1 Begins in Europe
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