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For Tomorrow Feuchtless! Bring Your Book! 1.) Read for 546-554 for quiz Friday Know Carnegie-Mother Jones 2.) 1 5–7 sentence response to Varying Viewpoints Question 1 or 2
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Transcontinental RR - Union Pacific RR & Central Pacific RR gov. subsidies - Irish - Chinese – meet in 1869 in Ogden, Utah Imp. : 1- 2- 3-
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RRs Flourish! steel rails - Cornelius Vanderbilt, NY Central - standard gauge tracks - Westinghouse air brake - Pullman "Palace Cars“ - Labor still dangerous (1888 = 20,000 inj.)
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Impact of RR on US National Economy - Industrialization - Mining and Agriculture - Immigration - Environment - Time (1883) - Wealth -
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Dirty Tricks in RR Biz! “stock watering” - bribery - The "pool“ - “rebates” and “kickbacks” - price gouging -
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Early Efforts to regulate begins with the states in 1870s – Wabash v. Illinois (1886) - Interstate Commerce Act (1887) – 1 – outlawed _____ & ______ 2 – must publish ___________ 3 – created ICC – The First! – but...
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2 nd Industrial Revolution 1860: 4 th 1894: 1 st WHY? 1.) "liquid capital" – 2.) natural resources - 3.) cheap labor - 4.) “American ingenuity” Bell – ‘ 76 - Sholes – ’67 - Edison – ’79 - Drake – ’59 -
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Schedule 554-562 for Monday 623-630 for Tuesday 630-638 for Wednesday Chapter 25 & 28 Exam next THURSDAY
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Tactics of the “Robber Barons” vertical integration - Carnegie steel horizontal integration - John D. Rockefeller oil "trust" -
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Carnegie, Morgan, & Steel Steel Boom: Bessemer Process - access to coal and iron ore labor Andrew Carnegie - Bought out by JP Morgan in 1900 - Morgan forms US Steel in 1901
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Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Co. kerosene – 1877 – 95% of all _________ oil business killed by ________ then revived by _____________
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His Tactics consolidate – 1- 2- ruthlessly price-out all competition video stores? – oligopoly - monopoly -
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How do we think about this insane wealth? Social Darwinism – The Gospel of Wealth – Horatio Alger – myth or reality?
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Constitutional safeguards for industry Wabash v. Illinois ruling – Interstate Commerce Clause The 14 th Amendment interpret corporations as ‘persons“ – protects -
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act - 1890 goal - problem - actually used to break-up ___________. but...
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Schedule 623-630 for Tuesday 630-638 for Wednesday Chapter 25 & 28 Exam THURSDAY
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The Birth of Unions Why? more _______ than ________ Goal = collective bargaining solidarity – power comes from - The First 2 Big Unions: 1. 2.
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2 Types of Unions Craft Union – Samuel Gompers & The AFL - Industrial Union – Eugene V. Debs & The ARU - strike – scab – Pinkertons- socialism – IWW - lockouts - yellow dog contracts– black lists– company town -
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end of the Jeffersonian ideal a nation of wage-earners slave to the clock industrial virtues taught in school women The “Gibson Girl” ideal – stenographers and "hello girls“ the reality oligarchy - 1/10 of the people own 9/10 wealth
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Capital v. Labor! 1877 – The Great Railroad Strike of.. (522) - 1886 – Haymarket Riot (558) - 1892 – Homestead Steel Strike (626) - 1894 – The Pullman Strike (631)-
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With Your Partner... What caused the ruckus... What ensued as a result... Who won? CAPITAL or LABOR Why did they win? (what turned the tide?)
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“The Billion Dollar Congress” ______ _________ elected in 1888 - Republicans like high tariffs McKinley Tariff Bill (1890) surplus – spend it on – Populist Party ( ____________’s Party) opposition party - Represent _________ & ___ v. _________ & ___
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The Populist Party Economic Demands increased money supply (16:1 silver) graduated income tax gov. owned utilities 8 hour work day immigration restriction Political Demands popular election of U.S. Senators single term for President and VP secret ballot
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Election 1892 Small gains for Populists Cleveland (D) wins Prez. The Panic of 1893 overbuilding and overspeculation agricultural depression European banks pull money - depletion of gold reserve 1895 – Gov. bailed out by -
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Reaction to the Panic of 1893 Coxey's Army - 1894 "General" Jacob S. Coxey - demands – Result - Free Silver - debtors likeee - Coin's Financial School (1894) -- William Hope Harvey
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“Silverites” vs. “Gold Bugs” in 1896 William McKinley Mark Hanna - Gold Standard - business, banking outspend Dems 16-1 William Jennings Bryan – Cross of Gold Speech – Wins him ___________ & _________
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Election of 1896 “Gold Bug”Democrats – McKinley wins NE & MW beats S & W - begins a 16-year - high tariffs Gold Standard Act (1900) - more new gold =
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Constitutional safeguards for industry Wabash v. Illinois ruling – Interstate Commerce Clause The 14 th Amendment interpret corporations as ‘persons“ – protects -
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act - 1890 goal - problem - actually used to break-up ___________. but...
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Tariffs R epublicans = R ___________ D emocrats = D ____________
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