The Gilded Age

Custers Last Stand

-Custer’s unit is killed by Sioux warriors

-No survivors (In Custers Unit)

-Indian Victory

(U.S now pushes efforts to force all Natives onto reservations)

Where did Transcontinental Railway meet?

Promontory Summit, Utah.

Coxeys Army

-Response to the Panic of 1893

-A march on the nations capital from Ohio to Washington D.C

-Providing work to people with no jobs (Fixing roads)

Sand Creek Massacre

-U.S led massacre

-Led by Colonel John Chivington,

-Killed many Native Indian woman, & children

Name two ways President Trump has enriched himself while in

office.

-Selling Crypto Currency to other nations

-Documentary made on Melania Trump

(Boeing 767 gifted by Qatar)

What were typical working hours for factory workers?

12 hours a day

How many days per week?

6 days

Assimilation

-Process of forcing Natives into American culture

(Forced to speak English, Cut Hair, Etc.)

The Gold Standard

-Government holds gold in reserve to back the value of paper money

-Used to ensure stability

What immigrant labor made Transcontinental Railway possible?

Chinese Immigrants labor

(Very mistreated)

Irish immigrant labor

Panic of 1893
*Important Date

Panic of 1893

-Many banks out of business (bankruptcy)

-Many people with no job

-Collapse of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad

(Compared to great depression)

Henry Clay Frick

-Henry Clay Frick is top manager for Andrew Carnegie

Homestead Steel Strike

-Henry Clay Frick lowers workers pay (cut by 20%)

-Workers went on strike

-Frick hires a private security force & brings new workers & 20 killed

Significance: The government sides with Carnegie 100% over the Union

What were three goals of labor unions?

-Safer working conditions

-Shorter hours

-Better Pay

Tammany Hall

-Political machine (organization) used to control the politics of NYC

-Used by Democrats

-Controlled votes and patronage

Bill Tweed

-Leader of Tammany Hall in New York City

-Known for corruption

-Gave jobs to immigrants/workers to ensure democratic vote

-Imprisoned for stealing tax payers money

(Democrat)

Political Machine

-Network of politicians controlling elections.

-Uses patronage (jobs/favors) and vote manipulation.

-Often corrupt with bribery and fraud.

How did politicians use their office to enrich themselves?

-Took bribes for favors.

-Gave jobs to supporters for money or loyalty.

-Used their position to make money through deals.

Mary Elizabeth Lease

-Biggest speaker/advocate for the populist movement (farmers)

(Knows about hard times)

Boarding Schools

-Native Americans were sent to boarding schools

Reason: To physically and mentally act as the whites (Americans)

Dakota Uprising of 1862

*Important Date

-Native Americans attack settlers (leads to war)

-38 Chiefs & Warriors are executed

(Largest US execution ever)

Pacific Railroad Act

Congress passed a law to give land and money to companies to build the Transcontinental Railroad.

Wounded Knee

Location: Wounded Knee, South Dakota.

-Last major conflict between U.S. Army and Native Americans.

-200-300 Native Americans killed.

Entrepreneur

A person who organizes & operates a business

Proprietorship

If you own a business

Partnership

A business owned by 2 or more parties

Corporations

A group authorized to act as a single entity, recognized by law.

What were key reforms proposed by the Populist Party?

-Silver as part of the currency

-Graduated income tax

-Asking the government to break up the monopolies