AMH2020 B001 June 25th Chapter 23 1877 1896 The Gilded Age Time of Fabulous Wealth and Widespread corruption the Era received a sarcastic nickname from Mark Twain denoting a thin coating of gold over a much cheaper metal or material Industrial Revolution transform in the way goods were made and sold as a seemingly unending circle of demand and wealth creation took place between 1865 and 1900 Jobs were created Industrialization Causes 1 Civil War needs had stimulated production o Gov t strengthened and grown o Gov t never spent as much money and spent a lot of money during Civil War o Gov t bought ammunition supplies clothes etc o Gov t bought new inventions for war effort railroads 2 Government support o Not supported before now supported by the gov t canals tolls community roads Corruption 1 Fisk and Gold or staff 2 Tweed Ring o Cornered the gold market in 1869 aided by President Grant o Boss Tweed in NYC boss of group that manipulated political actions in his own favor 3 Credit Mobilier scandal o Union Pacific could create their own company within their company so they were able to pad the cost by acting as if they were paying another company to help build railroads 4 Whiskey Ring whiskey o Also involved in Grant gov t robbed excess revenues of Hayes Election Compromise of 1877 no sure winner of election deal made where Hayes removed Union troops from the South in order to get presidency Florida s vote was unsure Garfield Election 1880 Only president from HOR state senator in Ohio major general in Civil War 20th president was HOR senate elect and President elect 2nd president to be assassinated Chester A Arthur Took over after Garfield murdered Considered corrupt Center of corruption Pendleton Act civil service commission changed so people couldn t get jobs the way people thought they were from him had to take a test to take a test Turned his back on political bosses Grover Cleveland 1884 First Democrat elected since the Civil War Only president to serve 2 none consecutive terms Mayor and Governor of New York 22nd president Only president to have a wedding in the White House 1892 re elected as the 24th president Served 4 years in between Cleveland s 2nd term Harrison Cleveland Re elected McKinley Cultural Changes Civil Rights Act of 1875 ineffective last past for years people could have equal access no matter what race could serve on juries Railroad Strikes begin 1877 HUGE business a lot of people were hired and getting money immigration due to work and money decrease pay when no shortage of money Rutherford Hayes sent troops in to stop railroad strike and 100 were killed Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 some worked on Union Pacific building railroads no more Chinese people could immigrate to the United States people blamed Chinese for not having jobs Jim Crow 1890 laws were set up to enforce separation and put blacks into a situation similar to slavery E A Perry We need a new Constitution Confederate general from Florida made new Constitution with laws saying blacks couldn t live with in a certain distance of whites blacks must have white sponsor blacks couldn t do certain work Eatonville started with cooperation with Jim Crow Laws Homestead Steel Strike in 1892 Carnegie ran country with iron fist didn t want to appear as strike breaker sent in state militia and stopped the strike strikers thought they had won but because they caused destruction governor sent in militia and gov t helped with money pinkertons halted by Penn State militia Silver Miners Strike 1892 as silver was more produced value of silver went down supply and demand gov t stopped buying silver for coinage federal troops sent into Ohio to stop the strike Peoples Party 1892 Plessey V Ferguson 1896 separate but equal is allowed
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