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6/4: The Problem with Progress Between the end of the
Civil War and the beginning of the twentieth century, coal production skyrocketed 800 percent and steel production increased even more
The nation built tens of thousands of miles of railroads and sprouted brand-new industries, including the production of petroleum and electricity
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When the Civil War began, the majority of Americans worked as farmers
By 1900, those who made a living from farming were outnumbered by nearly three to one
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Why did American industry expand? 1) The nation’s
physical geography provided many natural resources – including lumber, coal, and oil – that manufacturers relied on to power their factories and machines
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2) As industries expanded, millions of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, as well as from Asia, poured into the United States to fill the demand for labor
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3) Government policies encouraged the success of business in the late 1800s
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4) America loves entrepreneurs!
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Andrew Carnegie: steel
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John D. Rockefeller: oil
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William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer: newspapers
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Workers Endure Hardships Most industrial workers endured long
days in poor conditions for law pay Whereas Carnegie amassed a fortune,
steelworkers in his plants labored 10 to 12 hours a day, six days a week, for about 15 cents an hour
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They received no health benefits, no vacation time, and suffered from periodic layoffs because of downturns in the business cycle
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Labor Unions Promote Workers’ Rights The American Federation
of Labor (AFL) focused on very specific workers’ issues such as wages, working hours, and working conditions
Led by Samuel Gompers, the AFL operated like a business
It was a loose organization of skilled workers from some 100 local craft unions, each devoted to a specific craft or trade
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Workers and Big Business Clash On May 4, 1886, an event
known as the Haymarket Riot erupted during a labor rally in Haymarket Square in Chicago
It began when someone threw a bomb that killed a police officer
More police officers and civilians died in the bloody fight that followed
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Government authorities reacted by rounding up eight anarchists, political radicals opposed to any form of government, and convicted them of conspiracy to commit murder
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Farmers and Populism After the Civil War, farmers in both the
South and the Plains states sought to lower shipping and storage rates, either through government regulation of the railroads or use of grain elevators, or both
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Members of the Farmers’ Alliance, in both the South and the West, soon formed the People’s Party, or the Populist Party
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To lower the cost of transportation, the populists sought regulation or ownership of the railroads
In order to make it easier for farmers to borrow money and pay off their debts, they called for the creation of subtreasury banks and the coinage of silver or “free silver”
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Democratic and Populist candidate William Jennings Bryan championed the cause of the American farmer and denounced the monetary policies of the Republicans, namely the gold standard
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In part because he failed to convince industrial workers that the policy of free silver would benefit them, Bryan failed to win a single state outside of the South and the West
Even in its defeat, the Populist movement had an impact upon the political system
Bryan’s style of appealing directly to the people became the norm rather than the exception
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Origins of Progressivism The Progressive
Movement was similar to the Populist Movement of the late 1800s
Both were reform movements that wanted to get rid of corrupt government officials and make government more responsive to people’s needs
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However, at the forefront of Progressivism were middle-class people
They believed that highly educated leaders should use modern ideas and scientific techniques to improve society
Leaders of the Populist Movement, on the other hand, consisted mostly of farmers and workers
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Muckrakers Reveal the Need for Reform Socially conscious journalists and other
writers dramatized the need for reform Their sensational investigative reports
uncovered a wide range of ills afflicting America in the early 1900s
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Even though Theodore Roosevelt agreed with much of what they said, he called these writers “muckrakers” because he thought they were too fascinated with the ugly side of things
A muckrake is a tool used to clean manure and hay out of animals’ stables
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In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair related the despair of immigrants working in Chicago’s stockyards and revealed the unsanitary conditions in the industry…
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6/4: The Jungle Please answers questions 1 and 2 listed
on the excerpt of “The Jungle”; please write your answers in your journal.