U.S.2.The Gilded Age (1877 1900)
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The Gilded Age (1877-1900)
Hannahs, Lindsey and Virginia
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Populism
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During the Gilded Age industrializing corrupted politics, harmed farming and pressured people into the formation of the populist party.
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Civil Rights• Federal troops were removed from the
South• Political leaders were white• Jim Crow Laws: Kept blacks and whites
apart• Whites were able to make loopholes to
get around the different amendments • Grandfather clause: allowed someone to
vote only if their grandfather had voted in the past
• African Americans fought back for their rights
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Chinese and Mexican Segregation
• Chinese Immigration:– Segregation from whites• Had their own schools• Tried to protect their rights
• Mexican Americans – Wanted more rights– Las Gorras Blancas: Cutting holes in barbed wire
fences and burning houses of rich landowners
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Women Segregation• Wanted to get more rights• Formed different unions – Women’s Christian Temperance Union – Unions were not successful
• Susan B. Anthony: Formed movement to try and gain more rights for women
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Corrupt Politics
• Industries—industrialists– Hard working conditions—no minimum wage or
insurance
• Bribes• Civil service
• Trusts—monopolies• William Tweed
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Economic Issues• Critical Things during the Gilded Age
– Tariff and monetary policy• Tariff issue
– divided the Democrats and Republicans– Created to protect new industries
• The monetary policy – Gave rise to independent political parties
• Gold Standard– Meant that government would use gold as the basis of the nation’s currency
• Taxes– The Federalists and Jeffersonians and the Democrats and Whigs divided because of their
differences over the tariffs
• Greenbacks– Federal paper money
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Farmers
• Received low prices for their crops – had to pay high prices on railroads to transport materials
• Began to cost more to produce food than they could by selling it – Many farmers went into debt
• Southern Farmer’s Alliance – “sub treasuries”
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Populism
• Aka People’s Party• In American History, it became one of the
largest 3rd party movement in American History • Group of Farmers – Wanted low prices on transportation
• Wanted “free silver” – Wanted to receive higher prices for what they sold
• Fell apart in 1896
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Primary Source
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Works Cited• Lapsansky-Werner, Emma J., Peter B. Levy, Randy Roberts, Alan Taylor.
United States History. Boston, Massachusetts: Pearson Education, Inc, 2008
• "Gilded Age." American History. 2009. ABC-CLIO. 12 May 2009 <http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com>
• http://www.eurekacityschools.org/ehs/perryr/GLWeb/PicJimCrow.jpg• “Gilded Age Politics.” The Gilded Age & the Progressive Era. 2009. Spark
Notes. http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/gildedage/section1.html
• http://americanrefugee.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/jimcrowprotest.jpg• http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/prohibition-7.jpg• "William Marcy Tweed." American History. 2009. ABC-CLIO. 12 May 2009
<http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com>.