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The Emergence of Modern America-The Gilded Age

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is 1873 a promising young Rider Neymar Swain gold today  building with a common process in the 19th century in which a thin layer of gold was applied to an unconscious object making it appear more valuable than it actually what clean satiric novel poke fun at America's increasing obsession with getting rich quick his stuff to the phrase is the period of American history the business sector Bonita earrings gold and veneer when did the Civil War America Crossroads once divided nation have been reunited slavery had been abolished and one of the nation's great presidents have been assassinated how do these turbulent times what is the nation that poor little resemblance to the one Americans that known before and an even greater change with just beginning its America's started to move from the Farmland to the factory big business grew rapidly during the Gilded Age this was due to several factors new and improved Machinery hated the workforce in producing an increase we're good in a shorter amount of time  a new breed of American businessman zombie ability to make huge profits by combining this new Machinery was Industries do you have to realize attention please before the automobile was invented the primary  the Standard Oil Company refined Petroleum in the kerosene for justice steel industry yet to be fully realized in 1883 Andrew Carnegie bought Homestead Works in Pennsylvania do a growing collection of steel mills Carnegie had begun working at the age of 13 there's a lowly assistant in a textile mill but through his will and determination he became one of the richest men in the world  Carnegie's Mills were immensely profitable due to an increased demand for steel in the post-civil War era STDs and businesses boom deal with needed to erect all buildings and build Bridges  the greatest demand for steel however came from the end play The Purge in the country the most during the Gilded Age the rapidly expanding Railroad at the end of the Civil War 35,000 miles of railroad track of the entire United States located chiefly in the lands east of the Appalachian mountain range when there were 193000 miles of track for Transcontinental Railroad lines that link to eats in West Coast nearly 60% of the domestically-produced eel fed the seemingly endless app new railroad track  Camille Road drastically change life in America prior to the Transcontinental Railroad it took horse-drawn coaches the journey was arduous and dangerous and many pioneers who left the east in search of a better life on West End next song  The Railroad cut travel time of a 3000-mile trip from coast to coast from month to run Polly 1 week the rate of sing at communication increase to the speed of the locomotive and they said repercussions in almost every other industry in the Gilded Age railroad locomotives were powered by steam engine the same to apology was used to power the machines were capable of an exponentially larger output than me or Manpower what's Machinery was affected but also very expensive  large-scale corporations grew by raising the money needed to purchase these shoes machine how do I do the railroad the new machinery and railroads had an especially powerful effect in the farm lands of America many farmers went into debt trying to purchase costly new farming machinery and the land needed to realize the potential of these machines  Farmers began to good that grew as well specializing in one or two cash crops to maximize profits and pay off mounting debt specialization made it to farmers were less self-sufficient sending more on the marketplace and their field for the livelihood  forward problems are compounded by the railroad high cost of shipping in the marketplace is comparative hello purchasing race  some Farmers actually increase their profits considerably during this very embracing the new marketplaces sadly how many were forced to eat, girl Ivins independent farmers are even words them lost their Farms out right and had to work at farmhand move into the city to find work in Factory do machinery Robin something that other job it created new job  mechanic to machine operators were not more in demand and Craftsman  the majority please new positions were made available in the factories of the nation's largest city Chicago and Boston on the railway play unskilled laborers were trained to meet the new demand for factory workers  disillusion farmers and moved up from a country filled part in the young man who grew turn the country but green to finding the fortune in the city  can you population swells as a result New York's population in Chicago relation with Evenflo Los Angeles who was over 100 mm in the same period the size of Philadelphia former countries made up a large part of a new population in the but the flood of immigrants also made up a large part of a new Workforce  people from all parts of Europe were migrating to the United what states in record numbers between 1870 and 1900 three 1880 hello to round 5000400 of the country seeking political Freedom economic Prosperity most had to settle for difficult and dangerous low paying factory jobs and Prince living quarters in filthy City tenement houses 60 hour work weeks were not uncommon and benefits as you pensions or workers compensation for practically unheard of the cities grew the need for new buildings open up another Avenue for employment in construction  so the first time steel was being used in mass quantities need the skeletal trains it's on which two cities tallest buildings were built  call Sky frame buildings were often 10 to 20 storytime how many good as symbols lower in the achievement of the American dream  but much of that dream was denied the integrins most of them lived in poverty in the city slums the unsanitary living conditions in these neighborhoods outbreak of typhoid and color which spread quickly throughout the overcrowded poorly ventilated tenement apartment what's the immigrants do the right to vote  how many corrupt politicians Court of the immigrants vote play the means of the cheering wins on Election night William Boss Tweed was the most infamous of these politicians  Sweden's bribery and other illegal tactics to swing immigrant books and secure the power of Tammany Hall the Democratic political machine in New York City immigrants were not the only oppressed group to gain political power in the Gilded Age in 1870 Hiram Revels became the first African-American to be elected into the United States Senate Rebel served as a Mississippi editor until March 4th 1871 unfortunately the political game signified by rebels election were short-lived many Southerners fear political power that the newly freed African-Americans could wheel as blacks outnumber whites in the South by 1877 Georgia had passed a law which next polling places meaning that African-Americans would have to pay money to place their vote this tax was just the first of a host of legislation that sweat throughout the self and serve is franchise African Americans by robbing them of their boys in politics traditions of attack literacy tests were a common means of disfranchisement you couldn't vote  since many of the former slaves have gone on educating the literacy tests proved effective in robbing them of the right What legislation didn't work however Lynch and political violence ****  the terrorize and disfranchised African-Americans were also subject to Jim Crow laws enforce segregation  by the late eighteen night in America stripped of most of the rights that were promised to them after the Civil War 1896 Supreme Court ruled in the case of Plessy versus Ferguson the ruling stated that separate but equal facilities and accommodations were legal under the con everything from school to public restaurants to railroad cars with change to meet the standards set by the decision segregation was there by legalized stay that way for nearly six decades well African Americans were being denied their rights as Citizens the Native Americans were being denied their right to the left  at the time of the Civil War it's estimated the 202 songs of Native Americans lived between the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains at the Transcontinental Railroad but set learning Farmers on factories wineries in cattle ranches what a clash of cultures in it Indian Wars lasted for 25 play the Native American  the battles often Head Penny Gift it was the slaughter of the Buffalo by railroad workers in front cause the most damage to the Native Americans who depended on the animal of the chief source of food the shelter  whose Native Americans who survived were forced to live in reservations often in the barren land found undesirable why Frontier secular some refused reservation line Insurrection in 1883 1886 Mark the end of the last significant Native American guerrilla action anime by that time geronimo's Army was composed on the 15 Warriors 12 women infant children  Geronimo and over 300 is Apache follower were forcibly shipped to Fort Marion Florida where he could be more easily can the darkest time in Indian war came in 1890 and Wounded Knee South Dakota  u.s. cavalry turn the process of disarming a group of captured Lakota Indians what did Mitch took the actions of one of them to be Hustle  the Cowboys an open fire on the smoke cleared 250 Native American men women and children for death  the massacre serve as a symbol of the negative aspects of America's conquest of the frontier play some the frontier couldn't have been more different than life in the city Jackie is a whale for the upper classes increase many American culture that would fit their Fortune the coach of the demerge was heavily influenced by the man is attitudes in Fashions of Queen Victoria's England  Please American Victorian build their homes at ornate furniture and knickknacks believing your new pond goodbye everything in class appearance with everything for Victorian women according to the styles of the. Women when's our hair very long but never presented themselves what I've done  they were full length gown made of silk with tracking and adorned with buckle 10 two were concerned with arthritis while it'll change occurred in styles of dress beard became very popular to the first I hated by images of turn virility in 8 Lincoln's Legacy no Victoria man could be without facial hair little boys were off and dressed by their mother is in Tennessee to Lake Russell poor little girls emulator their mothers in every way throwing tea parties for the dolls are training for their future Victorian line  victorians were eager to European High culture in their conversations about our in society  they also sell pleasure outside the home with the Gilded Age off of the wealth of entertainment possibilities sporting event becoming more popular especially college football this planet gentlemanlike costumes Ever playing at Fort from money from Turtle baseball game dictator and was slowly becoming the national pastime  great traveling spectacles like Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show and PT Barnum controlled audience or Curiosities and death-defying stunts shows with flair invite posters and by the flamboyant themself  another form of promotion began as a new industry of newspaper advertising skip to the gear  many Americans were conned into buying any number of cure-all medicine potions and salves somewhere sold at Indian Shores to turn the front Tina others were patented dusters formula is it claimed that you're any number of ailments  the puzzling medicines, salvation from Fatal illness like typhoid but in reality they were told them more than hard alcohol dressed up with a few added ingredients  often compiled into huge moment distributed to families the guys were heaters first of anecdotes strategy and jokes entertain millions of Americans by the end of the 19th century also a golden age of American literature offered literate Americans a wealth of reading material in addition to the novels of Mark Twain Americans love the rag to riches tales of Joe Alger in the tentatively drawing female protagonist of metal of Henry James masterpieces  the burgeoning theatrical industry put Victorian morals melodrama clear-cut narrative showcasing handsome and chivalrous Heroes who would say dinson virtuous women from the clutches of evil and dastardly villain variety shows like we're all so cute  Vaudeville was a mixture of comedy and musical numbers that were suitable for family viewing whatever type of show audience is you're looking for could be easily found in the theaters of the era Nepal women will resign to live the pimples on my dish if you like to Victoria women's suffrage with with still in its infancy and it would still be many years until women were given the right to vote one Society was beginning to change to their benefit  more women would join the workforce in ever been more than half of American colleges turn co-educational and began graduating women to doctors lawyers and other high-ranking professionals they also joined volunteer committees like the Daughters of the American Revolution have been General Federation of women's clubs among their causes were education probation Temperance and hating the less fortunate  reformers one major victories in regard of Education between 1870 and 1900 31 State legislatures pass compulsory education laws meaning that young children were legally obligated to go to school  1998 replica play million children were attending school on a regular basis  The Immigrant Community one reformer in particular made a significant contribution team Adam set up settlement houses in many of the nation's big cities the houses offered a variety of Club functions and education classes to immigrants whatever most noted is that was the Hull House in Chicago kills death as a testament to her unwavering dedication and her tireless lobbying for the rights of different religions deal with American Life do you have to go to bed Angeles like Dwight Moody  but tensions were growing between the Protestant citizens and the incoming wave of Catholic and Jewish immigrants who are seen as a threat American way of life  the distance of these minority groups was strongest among the farmers in the South and wet and the upper class act oriented New England the workplace  has the rich got richer the poor Factory workers rude or isn't there maurer's low-paying and lack of benefits labor unions represented only a minority of workers at the time but more and more workers were interested in the reform strove to achieve in 1886 a nationwide strike Brokaw workers one of the grueling 12 hour work day changed to a reasonable 8 hour day 12000 companies throughout the country were affected by the strike with nearly 347 workers walking out of the workplace and onto the pickup lines glendevon stration in Chicago a bomb exploded as police were trying to break up the unrest and one police officer with q  the rest of the police open fire into the crowd killing one laborer and wounding many more four of the labor organizers were held responsible for the deadly Riot and we're hang as a result  18 two workers went on strike at Andrew Carnegie's Homestead Works steel mill the management held firm refusing to compromise with the worker  government who's winning called in the troops used force and quickly broke the spirit of picketing workers who return to work without making any real progress another economic downturn called the Panic of 1893 Rock the economy and fuel even more drastic dispute between the impoverished laborers and the corporate management officials recently seen the enemy 1894 workers boycotted indicative George Pullman railroad worth when Pullman flashed employee wages and raised rents in his company town the workers refuse to work and rallied against any railroad that use Pullman card 257 workers went on strike and railroad traffic was severely affected again un troops are called in to cross the striker and return the railroads the Pullman Strike was also a failure many of the organizers were imprisoned and many of the labourers were blacklisted some future work in the railroad industry put the Homestead Strike in the Pullman Strike were quickly broken up by government soldiers  this was true for the United States government name for big ditch  legislators of the. Often thought of labor unions at, Mystic and opposed to American ideals of capitalism  boots white sometimes it's even bring you clearly all large drives ended disastrously for labor organizers one of the official whenever labor disputes got out of hand when unions were broken up management Winter Park to Fort laborers into signing contracts that stated they would not reach my union  by the late 1890 the government and business seem to be winning laborers is membership and Union sikri significantly  it would be many years before you would rise again and win the benefits demanded  how many Americans were suspicious of Corporations and businessmen during prank fixing by all-powerful Monopoly  Lakeshore Carnegie's in Rockefellers of the world is robber barons who fits prices in stool from the honest hard-working Americans to increase their personal Fortune Congress pass the Interstate Commerce Act  the app created an agency that could oversee and regulate corporations without helium Enterprise in 1890 the Sherman Antitrust Act was passed to restrain the spread of Monopoly but it lacked the power to affect any invoicing to the demand for Federal Regulation this continues to be a major concern in the 20th century during the Gilded Age politics was a large part of everyday life between 1870 and 1900 voter participation reached an all-time high off an exceeding 70% in the northern state the Republican Party dominated with support in the north and west which them from the Civil War the Democratic Party Mix The Immigrant Catholic political machine to the north with Anglo-Saxon Protestants  cultural and religious issues often shape the outcome of Elections newspaper is offered coverage of political events at open planted by the party affiliation of the owner  entire families went to campaign rallies and listened to speeches by the great orators of the day Republicans had a platform that supported protection for Commerce and Industry soft to strengthen the government's involvement with the economy and Champion African American rights in the south on the other hand Democrats fought for limited government states rights and white Rule and segregation in the south  while Republican Supply most of the president put their party held the vast majority in the houses of Congress  corruption ran rampant in the Gilded Age and extended to the highest levels who in the grant administration of 1859 to 1877 the president and members of his cabinet were implicated in no less than four major scandal the Gold Conspiracy involves cornering the market in gold and like it would drop in the stock market  teamwork in to be known as the Salary Grab officials had their pay rates raised retroactively Lee  another candle the whiskey ring suck to evade US taxes in the manufacture of whiskey what are the most damaging of all these cans or whoever was credit mobilier what is a Pennsylvania holding company that was chartered by Congress to what do Union Pacific Railroad  the company overcharged the railroad to the tune of 23 million dollars  a chief operating officer for both the railroad and the good company so stock in credit Noble yay at drastically reduced prices the US Congress and members of Grant's cabinet to assure that no Congressional investigation would take place the New York Sun newspaper broke the story in 1872 if it came clear to many Americans that even the most trusted politician we're not a mute somebody get rich fever that prevented the era  in the wake of his election President Grant use political patronage by giving inexperienced friends and supporters cabinet positions  Grant Administration paid the price at scandal after Scandal broke when it struck the trend put their pursuit of wealth about their oath of office the corruption continued in the rugby Hayes's Administration dominated is elected in government jobs this close to Ripken Republican party that led the two distinct groups nickname and a half break  the store works for the conservative faction who disagreed with Hayes attempts to reconcile with itself and oppose any change in the sing patronage system of appointing cabinet members  the half-breeds we're more moderate group were in favor of reconciliation with the South and supported current civil service reform meaning that the patronage system would have to be changed  two big Garfield Africa fill the president in teenage he was assassinated the next year by a member of the stalwarts action and the usage of the two terms and reference the differing ideas in the party scene economic Panic of 1873 cultural prices where the clinic farmers were already suffering financially due to industrialization and urbanization or in even greater trouble if they sell their profit slip away  many of these Farmers believed that it was the Eastern bankers and businessmen George setting the government currency I began thinking change  loosely-knit Farmers alliances were formed during the 1880s and they Lobby for regulation of the real tax reform in the free and unlimited coinage of silver the please of these groups went largely ignored by the Republicans and Democrats but the grill the farmers alliances with the rapid that talk of a third political party soon began in 1892 a political convention in Omaha Mark the birth of apocalypse the populist platform centered mainly on the free coinage of silver graduated income tax government ownership of transportation and kinetic ation I posted probably the complete abolition of National Bank  other popular agendas include civil service reform shortening the work day to wait hours creation report it a law that stated that non-citizens could not be landowners the populists gain the most support among farmers in the west and south increasingly disillusioned with the Democratic party what industrial workers in the East were also drawn to the new party by the promise of a short of works and pensions 1892 the populists Wrangler first candidate for president ever sees over 1 million popular vote the surprising shows drink for a fledgling party 1894 midterm Congressional elections candidates collected nearly a million and a half what was the Democratic party took notes  in 1896 the Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan eloquently spoken how to be adopted populist idea of free silver coinage Robin William McKinley coupled with Rising Farm prices brought about the dissolution of the pockets party the Gilded Age was also the period in which America shifted from isolationist to being an internationally active world power  in 1893 the Western frontier was officially closed for the previous 300 end of its existence the dominant factor of American life it been expansion  what are you Frontier with just beginning and economic prospects around the world LED business end new markets beyond the borders of the United States  in 1887 the u.s. Navy established a base at Pearl Harbor on the Hawaiian island of a wahoo by 1893 the government of Hawaii was overthrown and it was a territory of the United States  put 1898 did the US truly displayed its new power  just off the coast of Florida thing was busy too pressing a Revolt in its territory Cuba American Sympathy for the Cuban revolutionaries was in Courage by sensation report in mini American newspaper u.s. battleship Maine exploded up the coach of Nevada newspapers bring the Spanish and America declared war on scene shortly thereafter the Spanish-American war was very short-lived Egyptian secretary to the Navy Rose how been organized the US volunteer Cavalry Regiment nickname the Rough Riders because of their formidable fighting ability Roosevelt lead the regiment in the San Juan Hill in one as a result of the Spanish-American War Cuba became a protectorate the Philippine United States territory the most significant of the war Teddy Roosevelt became president of why did Satan 1901 into a parallel reform United States would be further impacted by four wheeling convention for the Gilded Age invented by Thomas Edison the electric light would change the way people let their homes and the motion picture would go on to change the Notions of entertainment and culture Alexander Graham Bell's invention the telephone with starting to change the way people communicated in 1876 the year The Invention debuted they were only 3,000 telephones in the entire country by 1900 that number was well over a million and rapidly growing each year it was during the Gilded Age does the world got its first look at the automobile called the Horseless Carriage the automobile would change the face of Transportation in the coming decades the Gilded Age was a difficult era in the history of the United States it was a period of immense growing pains during which Americans were forced to a death as their country play change the Roundup. In America treatment of ethnic and racial minority but the Gilded Age also had a chair of Triumph in a relatively short period of time the economy was industrialized the country's biggest cities with modernize and the two party system was strengthen and refine performance review when corruption was terrible but the confidence of the American people persevere and the optimism they exhibited help lay the foundation upon which the America of the 20th century would be built

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