chapter 7 issues of the gilded age. 7.1 segregation and social trends objectives: assess how whites...
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Chapter 7Issues of the Gilded Age
7.1 Segregation and Social Trends Objectives:
Assess how whites created a segregated society in the South and how African Americans responded
Analyze efforts to limit immigration and the effects
Compare the situations of Mexican Americans and of women to those of other groups
African Americans Lose Freedoms Southern states got around the 15th
amendment by enacting a poll tax Literacy tests Grandfather clauses
Jim Crow laws in South Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 “separate but
equal”
African Americans Oppose Injustices Booker T. Washington
Should focus energy building up economic resources and establishing reputations
Vocational education W.E.B. Du Bois
Demand full and immediate equality Ida B. Wells
Newspaper “Free Speech”
Chinese Immigrants Face Discrimination 1879-CA barred cities from employing
people of Chinese ancestry “Oriental” School Chinese Exclusion Act-banned Chinese
laborers from entering the country Federal courts
Yick Wo v. Hopkins –people of Chinese descent born in U.S. could not be stripped of citizenship
Mexican Americans Struggle in the West Mexican-American War-after, Mexicans
were guaranteed property rights Burden of proof-lost land to Americans
Las Gorras Blancas Group formed to get land back Backed by the Knights of Labor
Women Make Gains and Suffer Setbacks Susan B. Anthony
Wanted women included in 14th and 15th amendments
Formed the National Woman Suffrage Association
Fought for the right to vote Number of women attending college
increased
7.2 Political and Economic Challenges Objectives
Analyze the issue of corruption in national politics in the 1870s and 1880s
Discuss civil service reform during the 1870s and 1880s
Assess the importance of economic issues in the politics of the Gilded Age
Balance of Power Creates Stalemate Party loyalties were extremely even
Made it hard to pass laws Weak Presidents
Hayes, Harrison, Garfield, Arthur Pres. Cleveland was known for integrity
Corruption in Politics Many gov. officials accepted bribes Political cartoons expressed concerns
about the damaging effects of corruption and big money
Spoils System-gov. jobs to loyal party workers
Promoted civil service reform Pendleton Civil Service Act: exam to get
gov. job
Economic Issues Gold standard-gov. used gold as the
basis of the nation’s currency Debates on tariffs
Republicans-favored high tariffs=promote jobs
Democrats-said high tariffs increased costs and made it difficult to sell abroad
Create your own! Create a political cartoon for the Gilded
age. Any topic from Ch. 6 or 7 Make sure you include
Caption description of the drawing
Be creative!
7.3 Farmers and Populism Objectives
Analyze the problems farmers faced and the groups they formed to address them
Assess the goals of the Populists, and explain why they Populist Party did not last
Farmers Face Many Problems 1870-1895 farm prices fell dramatically
Cost more to produce than they could get selling it
Tenement farmers Blamed big business
Railroads and banks Felt that gov. turned their back on them
Organize and Seek Change Oliver H. Kelley-
The Grange: org. to promote education on new techniques and called for the regulation of railroads
Farmers’ Alliance Collectively sold crops and wanted
government to establish “sub-treasuries”
Populist Party The People’s Party 1882 “grass roots” and spread rapidly Goals:
fight corruption Increase monetary supply gov. ownership of railroads
Economic Crisis and Populism’s Decline Election of 1896-Bryan (D) v. McKinley (R)
Bryan- “Cross of Gold Speech” Indorsed by Populists
McKinley Much more $ than Bryan Won election
Party fell apart after election Some reforms did become a reality