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MR. OCHS
UNIT 10:
THE GILDED
AGE (1865 - 1900)
Pat Lyon at the Forge, John Neagle, 1826-27
98. Transcontinental railroad completed, 1869
99. Standard Oil created, 1870
100. Knights of Labor created, 1869
101. Wyoming gave women right to vote, 1870
102. Battle of Little Big Horn, 1876
103. Election of 1876
104. Great Railroad Strike, 1877
105. Chief Joseph surrendered, 1877
106. James Garfield assassinated, 1881
107. Booker T. Washington founded Tuskegee Institute, 1881
108. Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882
109. Pendelton Civil Service Act, 1883
110. Haymarket Square Riot, 1886
FRQs
• 1974 “The path to labor organization was marked by false starts and wrong turns.”
Assess the validity of this generalization for the period 1865-1914.
• 1982 “Despite often brutal clashes between labor and capital in the United States
during the period 1865-1940, collective working class protest did not constitute a
basic attack on the capitalist system.” Assess the validity of this statement.
• 1985 The size, character, and effectiveness of the organized labor movement
changed significantly during the late nineteenth century and the first half of the
twentieth century. Apply this statement to TWO of the following periods.
– 1870-1915
– 1915-1935
– 1935-1950
• 2009 Choose TWO of the following organizations and explain their strategies for
advancing the interests of workers. To what extent were these organizations
successful in achieving their objectives? Confine your answer to the period from
1875 to 1925.
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Knights of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Socialist Party of America
Industrial Workers of the World
• 1986 Andrew Carnegie has been viewed by some historians as the “prime
representative of the industrial age” and by others as “an industrial leader
atypical of the period.” Assess the validity of each of these views.
• 1994 Compare and contrast the attitudes of THREE of the following toward
the wealth that was created in the United States during the late nineteenth
century.
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Andrew Carnegie
Eugene V. Debs
Horatio Alger
Booker T. Washington
Ida M. Tarbell
• 2007b Explain how TWO of the following individuals responded to the
economic and social problems created by industrialization during the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Jane Addams
Andrew Carnegie
Samuel Gompers
Upton Sinclair
DBQs
• 1979To what extent and for what reasons did the policies of the federal
government from 1865 to 1900 violate the principles of laissez-faire,
which advocated minimal government intervention in the economy?
Consider with specific reference to the following three areas of policy:
railroad land grants, control of interstate commerce, and antitrust
activities.
• 2007Analyze the ways in which government policy, technology, and
economic conditions changed American agriculture in the period 1865–
¬1900. In your answer, be sure to evaluate farmers’ responses to these
changes.
• 2000How successful was organized labor in improving the position of
workers in the period from 1875–1900? Analyze the factors that
contributed to the level of success achieved.
• 1992To what extent did the natural environment shape the development
of the West beyond the Mississippi and the lives of those who lived and
settled there? How important were other factors? Use both evidence
from the documents and your knowledge of the period from the 1840’s to
the 1890’s to compose your answer.
I Feed You All, unknown, 1876.
UNIT 11: POPULISM AND
PROGRESSIVISM (1892 - 1914)
THE GRANGE (WHERE IT ALL STARTED)
111. American Federation of Labor created, 1886
112. Dawes Severalty Act, 1887
113. Jane Addams founded Hull House, 1887
114. The “Gospel of Wealth” 1889
115. Jacob Riis published How the Other Half Lives, 1890
116. Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 1890
117. Wounded Knee massacre, 1890
118. Ellis Island opened, 1892
119. Homestead Strike, 1892
120. Panic of 1893
121. Pullman Strike, 1894
POPULISM…
FRQs
• 1970 “Since the Civil War no third party has won a presidential election; however,
third party programs have often found their way into federal law.” For TWO of the
following, discuss the validity of this generalization about third party programs.
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(A) The Populist Party
(B) The Bull Moose Party
(C) The Socialist Party
(D) The States’ Rights (Dixiecrat) Party
• 1989 In what ways were the late nineteenth century populists the heirs of the
Jacksonian democrats with respect to overall objectives AND specific proposals for
reform.
• 1995 Analyze the reasons for the emergence of the Populist movement in the late
nineteenth century.
• 2009b Explain the origins of TWO of the following third parties and evaluate their
impact on United States politics and national policies.
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The People’s Party (Populists), 1892
The Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party), 1912
The States’ Rights Party (Dixiecrats), 1948
The American Independent Party, 1968
DBQs
• 1983 Documents A-H reveal some of the problems
that many farmers in the late nineteenth century
(1880–1900) saw as threats to their way of life.
Using the documents and your knowledge of the
period, (a) explain the reasons for agrarian
discontent and (b) evaluate the validity of the
farmers' complaints.