The gilded age

1. The gilded age By: Gabriel Zuniga

2. Democracy expansion • Democrats less emphasized human weakness • Supported labor workers • Mugwumps were republicans that supported democrats • Election of 1884 • Return of the democrats • Grover cleveland

3. Expansion of American influence • The kingdom of Hawaii had close relations with American trades, but in 1898, President William McKinley, secured a Congressional resolution and the small republic joined the U.S. All its citizens became full U.S. citizens • Under the 1898 Treaty of Paris, Spain relinquished all claim of sovereignty over and title to Cuba, with the island to be occupied by the United States • Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines were part of the United States as a result from the Spanish-American war.

4. Civil rights/ Race Issues • In 1896, the supreme court made a final decision of segregating African Americans from American society in the landmark of Plessy v. Ferguson • Booker t. Washington and W.E.B du bois triggered the question wheter to fight for their civil rights or not

5. Class/Labor issue • During the gilded age at least 45% of the us population were living in poverty • The Pullman strike was an example of how fed up the middle class was with both union and businessmen • Poor working conditions caused the workers to go on strike

6. Gender Issues • Many educated women thought that alcohol was the gender issue for men. • They thought that alcohol led to domestic violence and neglect, in addition, it decreased the income families could spend on necessities and promoted prostitution and adultery • During the gilded age, women were still fighting their rights to vote forming major organizations that were willing to fight for women rights

7. Impact Of Religion • New groupings emerged, such as the Holiness movement and Nazarene movements, and Christian Science • Mary baker eddy was the founder of The first church of Christ, scientist • Religion, woman and prohibition formed together to form The Woman's Christian Temperance Union mobilizing Protestant women for social crusades against liquor, pornography and prostitution, and sparked the demand for women's suffrage

8. Interaction With Environment • Land expansion was led from expansion of railroadnetworks growing from 35,000 miles of track in 1865 to 242,000 miles in 1900 • urban migration also led to deforestation in local urban areas in the south • As a result the percentage of urbanization grew by more than 50%

9. Culture • They traced their cultural linage from the Greeks, through the Roman Empire, to the European Renaissance, particularly the Venetian Renaissance. By 1893 a blend of western tradition and the growth of American technology found itself at The Worlds Columbian expo in Chicago building a literal representation of the Gilded Ages culture

10. Economy • New technology from the gilded age improved industrial and agricultural activity which also made the united states the largest economy in the world • The gilded age was pictured as wealth on the inside but corrupted on the inside • In 1860, the nation's total wealth was $16 billion; by 1900, it was $88 billion • The era of good stealing • Had to ensure that the us treasury stop selling gold • Black Friday • corruption

11. Inventions • Alexander Graham Bell: Telephone • Elijah otis: Invented safety elevator for skyscrapers • Thomas edison: Most well known inventor of his time, Thomas invented the phonograph, light bulb and motion pictures

12. Social • The gilded age saw American society switch from an agriculture to urban industrial society • Over 40% of the American population lived in urban areas by 1900 • The rise of urbanization made the creation of a middle class

13. Arts • James McNeill Whistler & James McNeillWhistler were sought as the most famous portrait painters of the gilded age • WinslowHomer was probably the best known painter of his time, painting realistic illustrations of union soliders

14. Major Events • Railroad Strike of 1877 • Brakemen and firemen from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad walk off the job at Camden Junction, Maryland, initiating a wildcat strike that will shut down thousands of miles of track throughout the northeastern United States. • Garfield Assassination in 1881 • President James Garfield is shot by Charles Guiteau, a deranged federal office-seeker. Garfield died on 19 September. • Panic of 1873 • The collapse of a Philadelphia investment bank, triggers a nationwide financial panic that leads to a broader economic depression which lasts until 1879.

15. Famous People • Andrew Carnegie, J.P Morgan, and John Rockefeller • Most important business men in the 19th century • John Rockefeller was Americas first billionaire being owner of the Standard Oil Company • Andrew carnegieworked in the steel industry • J.pmorganserved in the banking industry