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Gilded Age and Industrial Revolution Pt. 2 Agenda

Explore key historical figures, events, and laws from the Gilded Age and 2nd Industrial Revolution. Analyze political machines, monopoly, and immigration acts for an in-depth understanding of this period.

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Gilded Age and Industrial Revolution Pt. 2 Agenda

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  1. Agenda 08.30.2019 • Grab a handout from the back that says “Gilded Age and Industrial Revolution pt.2” • Bellwork • Political Machines • President Garfield’s Assassination

  2. Historical IDs pt.2 (in the textbook Module 3 p.152 -211) • This set of Historical IDs cover the Industrial Revolution and the Gilded Age. • Gilded Age • 2nd Industrial revolution • Monopoly • Andrew Carnegie • JP Morgan • John D. Rockefeller • Cornelius Vanderbilt • Political machines • Nativism • Spoils System • Pendleton Act (sometimes called the Pendleton Civil Service Act) • Interstate Commerce Act • “Old Immigrants” • “New Immigrants” • Chinese Exclusion Act • Gentleman’s Agreement • Sherman Anti-Trust Act Terms highlighted are Historical IDS Covered in class, in this powerpoint

  3. Bellwork 08.30.2019 • "Although important strides were made, Reconstruction failed to provide lasting guarantees of the civil rights of the freedmen.” Which evidence best supports this statement? • passage of Jim Crow laws and Black Codes • ratification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments • refusal of Southern States to allow sharecropping • passage of the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 • Which of the following best explains the achievements of Pap Singleton? • He helped create a successful black settlement in Kansas after the end of Reconstruction. • He was able to help create a successful relationship between African American workers and white landowners in the South. • He assisted the migration of over 20,000 blacks to Kansas following Reconstruction. • He developed an easier method of transportation for African Americans in the south.

  4. Gilded Politics • State Standard 4: Analyze the causes and consequences of Gilded Age politics and economics, including the rise of political machines, major scandals, civil service reform, & the economic differences between farmers, wage earners, and industrial capitalists, include the following: • Boss Tweed • Thomas Nast • Credit Mobilier • Spoils System • Garfield’s Assassination • Pendleton (Civil Service) Act • Interstate Commerce Act

  5. Political Machines • Political Machine: was an organized group of political officials who controlled activities of a political party within a city. • The machines ensured that their candidates were elected • And made sure that the city gov’t worked to their advantage.

  6. Chooses a Candidate for office City Boss Promised jobs, housing, citizenship, courts, perks, Controlled by the City Boss Ward Boss Ward Boss Ward Boss Block Captains & Precinct Workers Block Captains & Precinct Workers Block Captains & Precinct Workers

  7. Political Machines • Some Bosses were corrupt & their machines practiced election fraud, took bribes & gave out kickbacks. • The Spoils System: is when a winning party gives gov’t jobs to its supporters, friends, and relatives. • Bosses loved to pray on “New” Immigrants because they were new to voting/political process, easily intimidated or swayed

  8. Political Machines • William M. Tweed, Boss Tweed:was the head of Tammany Hall, New York City’s powerful political machine. • 1869 – 1871 • Tammany Hall:– A courthouse that was built through kickbacks and grafts. It became the symbol of Boss Tweed’s political machine.

  9. The Fall of Boss Tweed • Thomas Nast – a progressive political cartoonist who brought down Boss Tweed. • “I don’t care what newspapers write about me, my constituents don’t know how to read, but they can see them pictures.” _ Boss Tweed

  10. Presidential Election 1880 To help someone by providing them with something they need in return for political support

  11. President James A. Garfield

  12. Garfield’s Assassination Results of Garfield’s Assassination • Helped to unify the country once again (gave everyone a common cause) • Helped to confirm that germs do in factexsist, cause illnesses, and doctors begin to practice sterilizing equipment and washing their hands . . . Yay! • Brought about the passage of the Pendleton (Civil Service) Act– this was a US legislation that est. the tradition & requirement that political positions be given based on merit rather political affiliation.

  13. Analyzing Political Cartoons • Completed the HIPPO Method (on the back of your pt.2 notes) for this political cartoon. • Historical Context: connect the document to specific historical time period circumstances, time, place, national, global … • Intended Audience: Explain who the author had in mind when the created the document • Purpose: explain to the reader why the document was created • Point of View: PoV is the angle of considering things, which shows us the opinion, of feelings of the individuals involved in a situation • Outside Information: what outside information that is not contained in the document, but is related to the document and also important to understand.

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