This document discusses the Gilded Age in the United States following the Civil War, including the rise of robber barons in industries like railroads and oil where monopolies formed. It also mentions the growth of cities, political machines that formed, and various labor issues and strikes that arose during this time period including the Haymarket Square riot, the Homestead strike, the Pullman strike, and Coxey's Army. New technologies and mass production helped drive industrialization and rise of conspicuous consumption.

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2. It is a kind of
Spiritual
snobbery
that makes
people think
they can be happy
Without
money

3. GREED
GOOD

4. The man who dies
rich, dies disgraced.
-Andrew Carnegie

5. The love of money is
the root of all evil.
-1 Timothy 6:10

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9. Radical Republicans
After 1873

10. Democrats rose to
power & Modified
Platform for success

14. GREED

15. CLASSISM

17. EXCESS

19. CLASSISM

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26. GREED
GOOD

27. Robber Barons

28. The “Robber Barons” of the Past

29. Pioneer of the railroad
industry before the
Civil war

30. Owned 4,500 miles of
track with a fortune
of $100,000,000 by ‘77

31. Scottish immigrant who
worked his way up in the
railroad industry

32. Played the stock
market in ‘66 focusing
on steel in ‘73

33. 1. Cut costs=profits
2. vertical integration

34. Began an oil operation
in the 1860s & Formed
standard oil in 1870

35. Railroad rebates &
laissez faire politics gave
him 90% of production

36. Government feared
monopoly & Standard oil
became the first trust

38. Made a killing (bad pun)
during the civil war in
obsolete rifles

39. Bailed out banks & by 1900,
Morgan owned 50% of
Americas track mileage

41. Capitalism

45. Mmm. Super sexy!
Capitalism

52. The man who dies
rich, dies disgraced.
-Andrew Carnegie

54. THOU SHALT
MAKE MONEY.

55. THOU SHALT
DONATE MONEY.

56. THOU SHALT USE
WEALTH TO
IMPROVE SOCIETY.

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59. Revived 1840s Nativism

62. “Illiberal, narrow,
& un-American.”

65. REMEMBER THIS?

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87. The Lure of the City
By 1920, for the 1st time in U.S. history,
more than 50% of the American
population lived in cities

92. 1/3
Worked
as maids

93. 1/3
Worked in
white Collar
JObs

94. 1/3
Worked in
Industry

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109. Political Machines

111. Like a
boss
(tweed)

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120. Munn v. Illinois
(1876)

121. Wabash v. Illinois
(1886)

122. ICC CREATED (1887
TO REGULATE RATES

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124. Gilded Age Industry

125. A Midwest Made Meat revolution”:
Thenew-and-improved “marketfor America
More regional specialization made mass
production & mass consumption possible

128. CYRUS FIELD’S
TELEGRAPH CABLE

129. BUSINESS TYPEWRITERS,
CASH REGISTERS, &
ADDING MACHINES

130. HIGH-SPEED
SPINDLES & LOOMS

131. EASTMAN’S
KODAK CAMERA

132. BELL’S TELEPHONE

133. PRODUCTION
THROUGH
ASSEMBLY LINES

135. “CONSPICUOUS
CONSUMPTION”

139. •Anarchists & workers met at Chicago’s
Haymarket Square
•Police moved in to scatter & a bomb went off
•Anarchists tried, found guilty, & executed
•Caused anti-union hysteria
HAYMARKET SQUARE
RIOT

141. •Homestead, PA: Carnegie Steel Mill
•Workers went on strike & Pinkerton Detectives
were sent in to take control
•Eventually, Pennsylvania militia got involved
•Union leaders arrested: riot, murder, & treason
THE HOMESTEAD
STRIKE

143. •Pullman, Il was a company town
•George Pullman cut wages during Panic of ’93
•Workers refused to work
•Attaching US mail cars made striking a federal
offence (Gov’t. protected “big business”)
THE PULLMAN
STRIKE

145. •1894: 1,400 strikes across the country
•Unemployed people demanded relief
•Jacob Coxey led an “army” from Ohio to D.C.
•Tried convincing Congress to spend $500 million
on new roads (thus creating jobs)
COXEY’S ARMY
(1894)

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160. Edison
Tesla

162. OMG! Her skin is so
pale. So beautiful…
Her waist is super tiny!
Like a little wasp…

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