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Capitalism and the Gilded Age

Capitalism and the Gilded Age. 1877-1900. Gilded Age. Gilded Age Corporations— “An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.” Ambrose Bierce, 1890s Boom/Bust cycles Railroads and the “Big Four ”. Mrs. Bradley Martin.

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Capitalism and the Gilded Age

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  1. Capitalism and the Gilded Age 1877-1900

  2. Gilded Age • Gilded Age • Corporations— • “An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.” Ambrose Bierce, 1890s • Boom/Bust cycles • Railroads and the “Big Four”

  3. Mrs. Bradley Martin

  4. Completion of the Transcontinental RR, 1869

  5. Government Land Grants, 1880

  6. Crocker’s “Spite Fence”

  7. Union Pacific, c 1890

  8. For Wednesday… • Read Loewen Chapter 7

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