HIST 2620 Welch Previous Lecture Outline I Immigration II Ellis Island III Statue of Liberty IV Restrictions on immigration V Tenements VI Francis Keller VII Social Darwinism VIII American Federation of Labor Current Lecture Outline I President James Garfield II President Chester Arthur III President Grover Cleveland IV President Alfred Mahan V Populist Party VI Panic of 1893 VII Presidential Candidate William Bryan VIII Presidential Candidate McKinley IX Frank Buam 1900 Oz Current Lecture I President James Garfield reluctant president that unexpectedly wins election A Nominator for president who spoke well so he was elected and won unexpectedly B Charles Guiteau assassinated Garfield with a gun 1 Guiteau was insane he was kicked out of a cult and convinced that Garfield owed him a job so he killed him 2 Garfield dies of disease because they couldn t remove the bullet even though it didn t hit any vital organs 3 Might have been saved by anti septic idea developed in Europe that C Garfield s assassination causes increased nationalism better medical hadn t reached the US technology 1 Focus on developing x rays II President Chester Arthur Civil Service Act developed idea for testing to get a job HIST 2620 Welch A Tests had little relation to the job at hand but was an attempt to make the US more of a meritocracy thought jobs should be less based on connections III President Grover Cleveland has first sex scandals A During election time the Republican party used his sex scandal with a lawyer at his firm 1 Cleveland was honest about his relationship so he was honest 2 Republican chant ma ma where s my pa B During presidency he married a girl that he raised as his child IV President Alfred Mahan Apostle of Imperialism through a navy 3 elements merchant marines battleships foreign bases A 1882 negotiate establishment of Hawaii as a navy base or point of trade B 1898 Republic of Hawaii and Newland Resolution 1 Hawaii taken as a territory eventually annexed by Newland Resolution V Populist party believed in free coinage of silver subtreasury government owned transportation communication direct election of senators progressive income tax A Wanted silver because more silver discovered in the US VI Panic of 1893 Bank failures run on gold high unemployment VII Presidential candidate William Bryan 1896 Cross of Gold Speech A Gave many speeches interesting show of jumping off stage etc 1 Cross of Gold speech focused on silver over gold VIII Presidential candidate William McKinley 1896 had a great manager won the election A He was unwilling to leave his house offered lunches on his front lawn 1 Won because he was less intense than Bryan IX Frank Baum 1900 writes the Wizard of Oz where Dorothy s boots are silver A Wizard of Oz is a satire of the debate over gold and silver 1 Oz silver ounces 2 Dorothy everyman 3 Woodman industrial worker 4 Scarecrow farmer 5 Cowardly Lion William Bryan 6 Wizard President McKinley 7 Emerald City Washington 8 Yellow Brick Road Gold standard
View Full Document
Unlocking...