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into the picture, that worried them a lot because they knew they would not be able to buy Roosevelt, therefore they tried to make him the vice president, but in the end it did not work out, because when the president died, Roosevelt became president and made it one of his goals to take them down JP Morgan created a billion dollar corporation that was based on U.S. Steel Morgan helped preserve America's gold supply Made gold purchases in order to rescue the U.S. treasury Andrew Carnegie exemplified American success, as a young boy slowly worked his way up to the steel industry and making a fortune of his own Rockefeller worked in the oil industry and although he did not have as much money as the other his connections and influences were a big part He started with the kerosene business and borrowed lots of money to make it to the top Like carnegie and swift, rockefeller had also relied on vertical integration Vertical integration: the company controlled all of the production from raw materials to the finished product Horizontal integration: his strategy was using the small companies and taking advantage of them in order to grow his own empire Trusts: orgainized a small group of people who would be in charge of managing a portion of stocks b. Who bought out Andrew Carnegie and formed a new corporation? It was Rockefeller who bought his company at a very high price and used it to his advantage to create more and more power for himself 3. Understand William Graham Sumner's philosophy... remember we talked about his related to Laissez faire and Social Darwinist theory. He had this idea that society worked in a way that only the fittest would be able to survive. (surival of the fittest) He referred to th epoor and weak people as "burdens" to society and that they were in a way a waste of space The idea of "laissez faire" is that the government had allowed for the companies to do their own work alone without becoming too involved in their own businesses As a result of this companies were able to do whatever they had pleased without having to be worried about an insightful eye watching them The advocates were able to bring back the reconstruction 4. Understand Andrew Carnegie's philosophy on Gospel of Wealth Andrew believed that, evne though industrialization did increase the gap between the rich and the poor it also improved the livs of many others He argued that now some of the poor were also able to enjoyed some of the things the rich people were unable to back in the day 5. Understand the corruption found in Tammany Hall, who was the leader, characterized by what? The place were they gathered (political machines) These political machines were people who had a strong grip on the government and had strong power over the people being elected and appointed for office William Marcy Tweed also known as "Boss Tweed" and he made the hall full of coruption until it was brought down The machines gave out jobs, urban services, devoted their life to their own jobs, helped them gain popularity over urban voters Conisisted of many rich business men apart of the group, also people would worked from the bottom up Would later help make a Labor Law that is pretty advanced and help their own employees 6. How did immigration affect the growth of industry and urban areas (cities)? The population expanded more, there was more demand for living space, and more jobs had to be opened up More inventions were introduced and they would begin to expand out more Brought over their own religions and led to the rise of more catholic churches 7. Anti-immigrant groups and what they tried to do....(refer to Early Attempts at Reform notes) They would attack the immigrants and would come in mobs They worried their own jobs and living spaces would be taken away from them 8. Immigration: a. Differentiate between "Old" and "New" immigrants The old immigrants had more skill sets and had different religous beliefs than the new immigrants The new immigrants were more diverse and most of them had come from the Southern Eastern parts of Europe b. Nativism & Anti-immigrant groups and what they tried to do....(refer to Early Attempts at Reform notes) Immigration Act of 1924 -designed to keep out the "new" immigrants by establishing a quota of 2% They were supported by the KKK and other nativst organizations Refusing alchhol and trying to prevent the alchohol addiction Nativism: condemned immigration and asserted the superiority of Protestant religious and cultural values. c. Anti-Chinese immigrant attitudes and actions taken by government Their was the Act that had prevented more chinese citizens to come over to America - It also almost applied to some of the citizens who had already been living in the states, they too would become aliens Chinese exclusion act - barring chinese laborers from entering Some disguised as mexicnas to be able to come to america Some were known as "paper sons" and memorized information about their own supposed family members using fake american born documents d. Immigration policies of the Gilded Age With the exclusion acts it increased rascism and it was hard for many of the chinese to even look for jobs Many of them were fearful of their own lives They were unable to vote and really didnt have much of their own rights Ellis Island- open for immigration Made their own societies within the town with many diverse races (SF) 9. What was the Sherman Anti-trust Act? The first federal attempt to to forbid any form of "combination" in the form of trusts, or conspiracies on the restraint of trade 10. Understand the Labor Unions (Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor, National Labor Union, Wobblies) Progressive reformers were mainly focused on urban areas Muckrakers exposed problems that happened to the American Public by postign on newspapers and etc. spreading information a. Unrest...major strikes (ex. Pullman Strike, Homestead Strike, Haymarket Square) Haymarket Square: hosted by German immigrants on May 4th, 1886 There was a bomb involved that killed many people Gunfire had also followed so when trial followed 8 of the anachists were founded guilty Damaged the labor movements Forced many of their workers to sign contracts to not join labor unions Knights of Labor was never recovered - Homestead Strike: (lockout) The 1892 lockout of workers at the Homestead, Pennsylvania, steel mill after Andrew Carnegie refused to renew the union contract. Union supporters attacked the guards hired to close them out and protect strikebreakers who had been employed by the mill, but the National Guard soon suppressed this resistance and Homestead, like other steel plants, became a non-union mill. Pullman Strike: (railroad boycott) led to the fear of people falling into marxism and socialism Led to the red scare 11. How were women involved in reforms? (settlement houses, Jane Addams - Hull House) The women were able to become more involved in the society. Ex: they were given cooking lessons at the Hull Houses, provided childcare so they would be able to go do their jobs They were also opened up to new opportunities of education Were provided with even more job opportunities when men headed for war They were also provided more leisure time because of the differnt invention such as the washing machine, vacuums, and telephones Women's Trade Union League - trained working class women and joined together to help fight for their own womens rights 12. Understand William Jennings Bryan'; role with reform and the Populist Party He proudly defended the farmers and made many speeches Is part of the Democratic Party - The democrats who used to always defend the government was now leaning towards a more activist stance In his famous speech "cross of gold" Although William did secure the electoral votes Mckinely was still able to win The populist party were a group of people who were sick of seeing the fraud and corruption in the government they took it into their own hands to no longer be oppressed by power and worked their own way up from there (Democrats were against them and argued that they were the Radical republicans in disguise) Their leader was Tom Watson They fought with the Democrat party in order to win over the South Short Answer Section (Topic Clue) Industrialization Industiralization has over created a big impact on each of the states. I created more opportunities for the companies and opened up to new social classes. The industrialization brought more immigrants over to America looking for better jobs and opportunities. Also reintroduced ideas of expansion and trading overseas, they wanted to gain some cheap materials for trading and for their products to sell over with china The upbringing of new inventions such as the light bulb, telegraph and many other inventions that helped in everyday life They also were introduced to shuttle buses that helped travel around the city much quicker The different classes (middle and elite class) were able to also spend most of their free time at amusement parks, movie theaters, musical theaters which were open 24/7, and libraries