HIS 292- Gilded Age

Read and analyze the "Voices of Freedom" document from the chapter titled "Speech of Chief Joseph of the Nez Percé Indians, in Washington, D.C. (1879)." What arguments does Chief Joseph make about the treatment and conditions of his fellow Nez Percé?

-All people, whites and Native Americans alike, should be treated equally. -The Nez Percé would also have to change and adapt.

Identify the statements that describe the political scene in the United States during the Gilded Age

-Americans during the Gilded Age saw the country as an island of democracy in a world dominated by undemocratic governments. -Powerful new corporations raised disturbing questions about the American understanding of political freedom and self-government.

During the Gilded Age, the federal government sought to define the place of Native Americans in society and address questions of indigenous citizenship. Place the following events in chronological order.

-Congress eliminated the treaty system with native tribes. -the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Elk v.Wilkins that citizenship did not apply to Native Americans -.The Dawes Act was passed, dividing tribal land into parcels of land open for white settlement. -Congress extended citizenship to all Native Americans.

Identify the statements that describe liberal reformers during the Gilded Age.

-Liberal reformers feared that as lower classes looked to use government to further their own interests, democracy was becoming a threat to individual liberty and the rights to property. -Some liberal reformers urged a return to property qualifications for voting.

Read and analyze the "Voices of Freedom" document from the chapter titled "Letter by Saum Song Bo, American Missionary (October 1885)." In this letter, what arguments did Saum Song Bo make about the treatment of his people and the applications of liberty?

-The French violated liberties and freedoms of the Chinese. -The Chinese were not welcomed into the United States.

In this video, Eric Foner discusses court decisions held against labor on the grounds of individual freedom, specifically liberty of contract. What were the most important decisions made by the Court?

-The Supreme Court ruled that state laws regulating corporate behavior, limiting the number of hours a person could work, were unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment -The Supreme Court overturned laws that made it illegal for companies to pay their employees in scrip that could only be used at certain stores on the grounds it violated the right of property of these corporations.

Identify the events and conditions that led to the second industrial revolution that took place between the Civil War and the early twentieth century.

-The federal government enacted tariffs that protected American industry from foreign competition. -The country had a growing supply of labor and an expanding market for manufactured goods -There was money available for investment.

What are Chief Joseph's complaints about the treatment of his people? Click here to read the full excerpt from the textbook.

-The white men do not keep their word to his men. -Despite his view that all men are brothers, the white men do not treat Indians as equals.

As the United States matured into an industrial economy, Americans struggled to make sense of a new social order that included "better classes," "respectable classes," and "dangerous classes." Identify the statements that describe the nation's social problems during the Gilded Age.

-There was a growing permanent factory population living on the edge of poverty alongside a growing class of millionaires, which posed a sharp challenge to traditional definitions of freedom. -Throughout the United States, state and local governments set up investigative committees to inquire into the relations between labor and capital in the face of increasing unrest.

How does this artist depict the American economy during the Gilded Age?

-Uncle Sam sold its manufactured products throughout the globe. -The American economy was diversified, not reliant on just one product.

Despite promises in promotional pamphlets, farming on the Great Plains was not an easy task. Identify the statements that describe farming on the Great Plains.

-Wheat and corn were primary crops grown on the Great Plains for the national and international markets. -The Homestead Act led to thousands of families moving westward to farm.

Identify the statements that describe examples of Christian moral reform and its successful attempts to stamp out sin.

-Women's Christian Temperance Union -Mann Act of 1910 -Gambling, prostitution, polygamy, and birth control were all targets of the legislation attempts to control or eliminate by Evangelical Christians in the Gilded Age.

Most of the farms on the Great Plains were bonanza farms that covered thousands of acres and employed large numbers of agricultural wage workers.

False

The conquest of the American West was a unique phenomenon in global history, whereby settlers moved boldly into the interior of regions of a great continent with a temperate climate, bringing their families, crops, and livestock, and establishing mining and other industries.

False

The task of social science according to iron manufacturer Abram Hewitt was to devise ways to redistribute wealth "... in a fair and humane manner to the benefit of the health of the nation."

False

Match every term to the correct description.

Horizontal Expansion- practice of buying out competing firms in an industry to monopolize an industry Robber Barons- business leaders who wielded power without any accountability in an unregulated marketplace Vertical Integration- the process of controlling all aspects of business from procuring raw materials, to manufacturing, transporting, and distributing the final product

Gilded Age national politics did not entirely lack accomplishments. Some reform legislations were passed. Match the legislation that was passed during the Gilded Age with the correct description.

Sherman Antitrust Act- banned all combinations and practices that restrained free trade Civil Service Act of 1888- created a merit-based system for federal employees, with appointment via competitive testing rather than political appointment Interstate Commerce Commission- established to ensure that railroads charged farmers and merchants reasonable rates and did not offer better treatment to some shippers

Match the states in the industrial west to their primary industries.

Texas- Oil and Cattle Washington- Limber Colorado- gold, silver, and copper

Identify the statements that describe the Knights of Labor.

The Knights of Labor included women in its membership.

The Battle of the Little Bighorn was an example of how the Indians occasionally managed to defeat army units as they sought to defend their tribal lands.

True