1. Gilded Age America America’s Growing Pains

2. Westward Expansion Frontier definition: less than 2 people per square mile west of line drawn from northern to southern boundary. Frontier definition: less than 2 people per square mile west of line drawn from northern to southern boundary. Mining Frontier Mining Frontier Cattle Frontier Cattle Frontier Farming Frontier Farming Frontier End of the Frontier End of the Frontier http://www.clt.astate.edu /lsaunders/2773TransMiss issippi%20West_files/fra me.htm http://www.clt.astate.edu /lsaunders/2773TransMiss issippi%20West_files/fra me.htm http://www.clt.astate.edu /lsaunders/2773TransMiss issippi%20West_files/fra me.htm http://www.clt.astate.edu /lsaunders/2773TransMiss issippi%20West_files/fra me.htm

3. Native American Policy Sand Creek Massacre (extermination) November 28, 1864 Sand Creek Massacre (extermination) November 28, 1864 Reservations (removal) Reservations (removal) Dawes Severalty Act (assimilation) 1887 Dawes Severalty Act (assimilation) 1887 http://www.csulb.edu /projects/ais/ http://www.csulb.edu /projects/ais/ http://www.csulb.edu /projects/ais/ http://www.csulb.edu /projects/ais/

4. Modern Farming Mechanization Mechanization Decline of the Family Farm Decline of the Family Farm Rise of Farm Revolts Rise of Farm Revolts The Grange The Populists Successes Successes Paper currency Antitrust and Big Business Legislation Direct election of Senators Graduated Income Tax Farm Subsidies http://projects.vassar.edu/189 6/populists.html http://projects.vassar.edu/189 6/populists.html http://projects.vassar.edu/189 6/populists.html http://projects.vassar.edu/189 6/populists.html

5. Industrialization and Urbanization Social Darwinism Social Darwinism “Laissez-Faire” “Laissez-Faire” Labor, Mechanization, and Transportation Labor, Mechanization, and Transportation Rise of Large Cities Rise of Large Cities http://library.thinkquest.o rg/C004367/eh4.shtml http://library.thinkquest.o rg/C004367/eh4.shtml http://library.thinkquest.o rg/C004367/eh4.shtml http://library.thinkquest.o rg/C004367/eh4.shtml http://oswego.org/staff/tc aswell/wq/gildedage/stud ent.htm http://oswego.org/staff/tc aswell/wq/gildedage/stud ent.htm http://oswego.org/staff/tc aswell/wq/gildedage/stud ent.htm http://oswego.org/staff/tc aswell/wq/gildedage/stud ent.htm

6. Railroads And National Markets Travel Before Railroads Travel Before Railroads Construction Issues Construction Issues Backward Linkages Backward Linkages Forward Linkages Forward Linkages Other Benefits? Other Benefits? http://memory.loc.go v/ammem/gmdhtml/rr html/rrintro.html http://memory.loc.go v/ammem/gmdhtml/rr html/rrintro.html http://memory.loc.go v/ammem/gmdhtml/rr html/rrintro.html http://memory.loc.go v/ammem/gmdhtml/rr html/rrintro.html

7. Rise of Big Business Development of Trusts Development of Trusts Monopolies Oligopolies Integration Integration Mechanization Mechanization http://cse.stanford.edu/cl ass/cs201/projects-95- 96/corporate- monopolies/government_ history.html http://cse.stanford.edu/cl ass/cs201/projects-95- 96/corporate- monopolies/government_ history.html http://cse.stanford.edu/cl ass/cs201/projects-95- 96/corporate- monopolies/government_ history.html http://cse.stanford.edu/cl ass/cs201/projects-95- 96/corporate- monopolies/government_ history.html

8. Famous Businessmen Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie John Rockefeller John Rockefeller Cornelius Vanderbilt Cornelius Vanderbilt Jay Gould Jay Gould Robber Barons Robber Barons Social Gospel Social Gospel http://oswego.org/sta ff/tcaswell/wq/gildeda ge/resources.htm http://oswego.org/sta ff/tcaswell/wq/gildeda ge/resources.htm http://oswego.org/sta ff/tcaswell/wq/gildeda ge/resources.htm http://oswego.org/sta ff/tcaswell/wq/gildeda ge/resources.htm

9. Labor Issues Safety Safety Paternalism Paternalism Wages Wages Child and Female Labor Child and Female Labor KoL-Terrence Powderly KoL-Terrence Powderly AF of L-Samuel Gompers AF of L-Samuel Gompers IWW-Bill Haywood IWW-Bill Haywood http://www.geocities.com /CollegePark/Quad/6460/ AmLabHist/ http://www.geocities.com /CollegePark/Quad/6460/ AmLabHist/ http://www.geocities.com /CollegePark/Quad/6460/ AmLabHist/ http://www.geocities.com /CollegePark/Quad/6460/ AmLabHist/

10. Immigration “New” Immigrants “New” Immigrants Foreign born population jumped from 4 million in 1860 to over 10 million by 1890. Southern and eastern Europe, Asia Language barriers greater Larger cultural differences Often came from rural areas http://www.cis.org/topics /history.html http://www.cis.org/topics /history.html http://www.cis.org/topics /history.html http://www.cis.org/topics /history.html

11. Other Domestic Political Issues Political Machines Political Machines Civil Service Reforms Civil Service Reforms Tariff Tariff Civil War Related issues Civil War Related issues Battle Flags Pensions http://www.digitalhist ory.uh.edu/historyonli ne/us28.cfm http://www.digitalhist ory.uh.edu/historyonli ne/us28.cfm http://www.digitalhist ory.uh.edu/historyonli ne/us28.cfm http://www.digitalhist ory.uh.edu/historyonli ne/us28.cfm

12. Imperialism Spanish-American War (1898-1899) Spanish-American War (1898-1899) Hawaii (1899) Hawaii (1899) Samoa (1899) Samoa (1899) Boxer Rebellion (1900) Boxer Rebellion (1900) Open Door Policy Panama (1905) Panama (1905) http://www.smplanet.co m/imperialism/toc.html http://www.smplanet.co m/imperialism/toc.html http://www.smplanet.co m/imperialism/toc.html http://www.smplanet.co m/imperialism/toc.html

13. Leaders in Imperialism Henry Cabot Lodge Henry Cabot Lodge Alfred Thayer Mahan Alfred Thayer Mahan Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt