Unit I: America’s Gilded Age

Andrew Jackson “Plowman” Battle of New Orleans “Old Hickory” Nullification Trail of Tears Whigs refer to him as “King Andrew” (Andrew Jackson, n.d.)

The Civil War Ends & Lincoln Dies (The Assassination, n.d.)

Post Civil War Map of the U.S. (United States, n.d.)

Tom Torlino: Before and after “civilizing” (Tom Torlino, n.d.) Native Americans Post Civil War

A Policy of Civilizing 1869 President Grant urged “their civilization and citizenship” Civilization meant speaking English, owning property, and Christianity Citizenship meant allegiance to the United States and not the tribe 1887 Congressman Henry Dawes said they should “wear civilized clothes... cultivate the ground, live in houses, ride in Studebaker wagons, send their children to school, drink whiskey and own property.” Dawes Severalty Act, 1887 Tribal lands divided into 160 acres Cannot be sold to whites for 25 years Extra reservation land went to fund schools Granted citizenship Banned religious or sacred ceremonies Medicine men couldn’t practice By million acres of Native land would be in white hands

The Gilded Age: Vanderbilt Family: 1874Andrew Carnegie (Going to the Opera, n.d.) (Andrew Carnegie, n.d.)

Rockefeller and Standard Oil (Standard Oil Cartoon, n.d.)

Gilded Age Magnets Cornelius Vanderbilt = Steamships and railroads George Westinghouse = Air brakes for locomotives, alternating current Andrew Carnegie = “Steel King,” philanthropist George Pullman = Palace cars for railroads Milton Hershey = Chocolate Bars (affordable) E.I. Dupont = Gunpowder, plastics Alexander Graham Bell = Telephone Thomas Edison = Incandescent light bulb, phonograph, motion picture John Rockefeller = Standard Oil Swift & Armour = “Meat Kings of Chicago”

Ulysses S. Grant Corruption Cartoon showing Ulysses S. Grant as an acrobat on trapeze "third term," holding on to "whiskey ring" and "Navy ring," holding strap "corruption" in his mouth, and holding up other acrobats. (Keppler, 1880)

The Whiskey Ring, 1875 (Nast, 1876)

References Andrew Jackson - 7th president of the United States (1829–1837) [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2015 from :Andrew_Jackson_large_portrait.jpg Andrew Carnegie [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2015 from hree-quarter_length_portrait,_seated,_facing_slightly_left,_1913.jpg Going to the opera [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2015 from family_1874.jpg Keppler, J. (1880). Ulysses S. Grant as an acrobat [Image]. Retrieved September 22, 2015 from an_acrobat%2C_on_trapeze_%22third_term%2C%22_holding_on_to_%22whiskey_ring%2 2_and_%22Navy_ring%2C%22_with_strap_%22corruption%22_in_his_mouth%2C_holding _up_other_acrobats%2C_Shepard%2C_George_LCCN jpg Nast, T. (1876). Whiskey ring [Image]. Retrieved September 22, 2015 from

Standard Oil cartoon with octopus [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2015 from Standard_oil_octopus_loc_color.jpg The assassination of President Lincoln [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2015 from Tom Torlino, Navajo, before and after [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2015 from 82.jpg United States central map 1865 to 1866 [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2015 from 05_to_ png