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Gilded Age AmericaGilded Age America

America’s Growing PainsAmerica’s Growing Pains

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Westward ExpansionWestward Expansion Frontier definition: Frontier definition:

less than 2 people per less than 2 people per square mile west of square mile west of line drawn from line drawn from northern to southern northern to southern boundary.boundary.

Mining FrontierMining Frontier Cattle FrontierCattle Frontier Farming FrontierFarming Frontier End of the FrontierEnd of the Frontier http://www.clt.astate.ehttp://www.clt.astate.e

du/lsaunders/2773Tradu/lsaunders/2773TransMississippi%20WestnsMississippi%20West_files/frame.htm_files/frame.htm

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Native American PolicyNative American Policy

Sand Creek Sand Creek Massacre Massacre (extermination) (extermination) November 28, 1864November 28, 1864

Reservations Reservations (removal)(removal)

Dawes Severalty Act Dawes Severalty Act (assimilation) 1887(assimilation) 1887

http://www.csulb.edhttp://www.csulb.edu/projects/ais/u/projects/ais/

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Modern FarmingModern Farming MechanizationMechanization Decline of the Family FarmDecline of the Family Farm Rise of Farm RevoltsRise of Farm Revolts

The GrangeThe Grange The PopulistsThe Populists

SuccessesSuccesses Paper currencyPaper currency Antitrust and Big Business Antitrust and Big Business

Legislation Legislation Direct election of SenatorsDirect election of Senators Graduated Income TaxGraduated Income Tax Farm SubsidiesFarm Subsidies

http://projects.vassar.edu/http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/populists.html1896/populists.html

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Industrialization and Industrialization and UrbanizationUrbanization

Social DarwinismSocial Darwinism ““Laissez-Faire”Laissez-Faire” Labor, Mechanization, Labor, Mechanization,

and Transportationand Transportation Rise of Large CitiesRise of Large Cities http://library.thinkqueshttp://library.thinkques

t.org/C004367/eh4.shtt.org/C004367/eh4.shtmlml

http://oswego.org/staffhttp://oswego.org/staff/tcaswell/wq/gildedage/tcaswell/wq/gildedage/student.htm/student.htm

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Railroads And National Railroads And National MarketsMarkets

Travel Before Travel Before RailroadsRailroads

Construction IssuesConstruction Issues Backward LinkagesBackward Linkages Forward LinkagesForward Linkages Other Benefits?Other Benefits? http://memory.loc.http://memory.loc.

gov/ammem/gmdhgov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrintro.html/rrhtml/rrintro.htmltml

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Rise of Big BusinessRise of Big Business

Development of TrustsDevelopment of Trusts MonopoliesMonopolies OligopoliesOligopolies

IntegrationIntegration MechanizationMechanization http://http://

cse.stanford.edu/cse.stanford.edu/class/cs201/projects-class/cs201/projects-95-96/corporate-95-96/corporate-monopolies/monopolies/government_history.htgovernment_history.html ml

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Famous BusinessmenFamous Businessmen

Andrew CarnegieAndrew Carnegie John RockefellerJohn Rockefeller Cornelius VanderbiltCornelius Vanderbilt Jay GouldJay Gould Robber BaronsRobber Barons Social GospelSocial Gospel http://oswego.org/http://oswego.org/

staff/tcaswell/wq/staff/tcaswell/wq/gildedage/gildedage/resources.htm resources.htm

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Labor IssuesLabor Issues

SafetySafety PaternalismPaternalism WagesWages Child and Female LaborChild and Female Labor KoL-Terrence PowderlyKoL-Terrence Powderly AF of L-Samuel GompersAF of L-Samuel Gompers IWW-Bill HaywoodIWW-Bill Haywood http://http://

www.geocities.com/www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Quad/CollegePark/Quad/6460/AmLabHist/ 6460/AmLabHist/

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ImmigrationImmigration

““New” ImmigrantsNew” Immigrants Foreign born population Foreign born population

jumped from 4 million in jumped from 4 million in 1860 to over 10 million 1860 to over 10 million by 1890.by 1890.

Southern and eastern Southern and eastern Europe, AsiaEurope, Asia

Language barriers Language barriers greatergreater

Larger cultural Larger cultural differencesdifferences

Often came from rural Often came from rural areasareas

http://www.cis.org/http://www.cis.org/topics/history.html topics/history.html

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Other Domestic Political Other Domestic Political IssuesIssues

Political MachinesPolitical Machines Civil Service ReformsCivil Service Reforms TariffTariff Civil War Related Civil War Related

issuesissues Battle FlagsBattle Flags PensionsPensions

http://http://www.digitalhistory.uwww.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/h.edu/historyonline/us28.cfm us28.cfm

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ImperialismImperialism

Spanish-American War Spanish-American War (1898-1899)(1898-1899)

Hawaii (1899)Hawaii (1899) Samoa (1899)Samoa (1899) Boxer Rebellion (1900)Boxer Rebellion (1900)

Open Door PolicyOpen Door Policy Panama (1905)Panama (1905) http://http://

www.smplanet.com/www.smplanet.com/imperialism/toc.html imperialism/toc.html

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Leaders in ImperialismLeaders in Imperialism

Henry Cabot LodgeHenry Cabot Lodge Alfred Thayer Alfred Thayer

MahanMahan Theodore Theodore

RooseveltRoosevelt