1. The Gilded Age

2. The Gilded Age and Industrial Revolution 1865-1900

3. “All that Glitters is not Gold”

4. Federal Polices promote Economy
HAMILTON CLAY LINCOLN

5. The Emergence of Industrial America
Effect on Industrialization
Western Mining
Immigration
Government Subsidies and tax concessions to railroads
Advances in communication
Corporate Charters

6. 6. Laissez Faire attitude of government
Bessemer process
New Sources of Power
High Tariffs
Yankee Ingenuity
Entrepreneurs
Vertical and Horizontal integration
National Markets
Civil War Profits and Foreign Investment