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