Daily Quiz #1 1. The dominate culture in the United States in 1776 was? a. Irish b. English c. German d. Scottish 2. In 1770, America was almost completely? a. Urban b. Industrial c. Rural d. Tolerant

Daily Quiz #1 3. A member of a Nativist Movement believes in? a. Increased immigration b. American Indian rights c. Integration of blacks and whites d. Limiting or stopping immigration 4. Which is NOT a way the wealthy viewed immigrants? a. Source of cheap labor. b. Members of the political process. c. Sources of Radical ideas. d. A tool to break up labor unions

Daily Quiz #1 5. Which profession were immigrants the least likely to be found in? a. Coal Miners b. Meat Packing c. Teachers d. Textile/Garment Industry

Plan of the Day 8/29-30 Define Gilded Age Money in America Ghettos in the Gilded Age Why? Social Darwinism Cultural Economic

Objectives of the Day 8/24-25 SWU and Define the Term Gilded Age. LANGUAGE: SWU and Define verbally the term Gilded Age. SWUE the sources and distribution of wealth in America during the Gilded Age. LANGUAGE: SWUE verbally the sources and distribution of wealth in America during the Gilded Age. SWUE why there were Ghettos in the Gilded Age. LANGUAGE: SWUE verbally why there were Ghettos in the Gilded Age. CRITICAL OBJECTIVE: SWUE and apply the concept of Social Darwinism. LANGUAGE: SWUE and apply in writing the concept of Social Darwinism.

QUOTE OF THE DAY "The golden gleam of the gilded surface hides the cheapness of the metal underneath." Mark Twain-1871

Money in America Where did it come from? Who had it? Who didn’t have it?

Where did it come from? Three Eras of 19th Century Wealth First (1776-1800) Piracy, Plantations, and Profiteers Second (1800-1860) Land, Plantations, Furs and Trade Third (1860-1898) Railroads, Fuel and Factories

Where did it come from?

Who had it? LARGEST FORTUNE (Millions) AVERAGE FAMILY WEALTH

Who didn’t have it? RATIO OF FORTUNE TO AVERAGE WEALTH

Who didn’t have it? The South

The Gilded Age First Era of Conspicuous Consumption Corporate Giants Grew Middle Class Grew Social Unrest Grew

The Gilded Age Americans who achieved wealth celebrated it as never before. In New York, the opera, the theatre, and lavish parties consumed the ruling class' leisure hours. Sherry's Restaurant hosted formal horseback dinners for the New York Riding Club. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish once threw a dinner party to honor her dog who arrived sporting a $15,000 diamond collar.

Gilded Age

The Gilded Age’s Poor In 1890, 11 million of the nation's 12 million families earned less than $1200 per year The average annual income was $380, well below the poverty line. Rural Americans and new immigrants crowded into urban areas. Tenements spread across city landscapes, teeming with crime and filth. Americans had sewing machines, phonographs, skyscrapers, and even electric lights, yet most people labored in the shadow of poverty.

The Gilded Age In general, an increasing concentration of wealth and power Business and government became bigger while they became intertwined. Lasting Results – The federal government uses its power and money to encourage businessmen to build railroads All levels of government had become more involved in the nation's economic welfare.

Power of Wealth

Ghettos in the Gilded Age Why? Disparity in Wealth Social Darwinism Charles Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selectionc Survival of the Fittest Applied to society “Protestant Work Ethic” They are poor so they deserve to be so “Not my problem”

Survival of the Fittest Social Darwinism “this law of organic progress is the law of all progress. Whether it be in the development of the Earth, in the development of Life upon its surface, the development of Society, of Government, ..., this same evolution of the simple into the complex, through a process of continuous differentiation, holds throughout.” Herbert Spencer philosopher Survival of the Fittest

Cultural Ghettos in the Gilded Age Immigrant Clusters Why? Urban and Rural

Economic Ghettos in the Gilded Age Immigrant Clusters Low Paid Workers Everything Into Ticket to US Exploited – No Voice

Life on the Low Side

Life on the Low Side

Life on the Low Side

Life on the Low Side

Life on the Low Side

Life on the Low Side - Coal

Life on the Low Side

Life on the Low Side - Coal

Life on the Low Side - Coal

The Breakers is the grandest of Newport's summer "cottages" Life on the High Side The Breakers is the grandest of Newport's summer "cottages"

Life on the High Side

Today – The Second Gilded Age?