industrial revolution populism unit 1 industrial revolution
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Political Machines INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION I.Overview II.Entrepreneurs III.Labor IV.Westward Expansion A.Railroads B.Native American Experience C.Populism V.Empire A political organization who command enough votes to maintain administrative control. Win support by giving jobs and helping families Often quite efficient, but also corrupt Boss Tweed became extremely wealthy and powerful as head of Tammany Hall in New YorkTRANSCRIPT
Industrial Revolution
Populism
Unit 1Industrial Revolution
Anti-establishment Politics
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
I. OverviewII. EntrepreneursIII. LaborIV. Westward
ExpansionA. RailroadsB. Native
American Experience
C. PopulismV. Empire
• http://www.npr.org/2015/08/31/436377478/anti-establishment-candidates-trump-sanders-continue-rise-in-the-polls
Political Machines
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
I. OverviewII. EntrepreneursIII. LaborIV. Westward
ExpansionA. RailroadsB. Native
American Experience
C. PopulismV. Empire
• A political organization who command enough votes to maintain administrative control. • Win support by giving jobs and
helping families• Often quite efficient, but also
corrupt• Boss Tweed became extremely
wealthy and powerful as head of Tammany Hall in New York
Political Corruption
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
I. OverviewII. EntrepreneursIII. LaborIV. Westward
ExpansionA. RailroadsB. Native
American Experience
C. PopulismV. Empire
• Gilded Age • Bribery• Union Pacific Railroad funnels
federal money into Credit Mobilier, who stock holders include the vice president and members of Congress
What is the chief end of man?—to get rich. In what way?—dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must.“
Mark Twain
Political Corruption
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
I. OverviewII. EntrepreneursIII. LaborIV. Westward
ExpansionA. RailroadsB. Native
American Experience
C. PopulismV. Empire
• Spoils system: politicians awarded government jobs to loyal party workers• Began with Andrew Jackson• Charles Guiteau shots President
Garfield in anger for not getting a government position• Pendleton Civil Service Act in
1883
Farming
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
I. OverviewII. EntrepreneursIII. LaborIV. Westward
ExpansionA. RailroadsB. Native
American Experience
C. PopulismV. Empire
• The price for crops falls• The cost of farming increased:
machinery, seed, transport• Increasing debt sparks
increasing anger at railroads for high rates and banks for high interest rates
Farmers Organize
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
I. OverviewII. EntrepreneursIII. LaborIV. Westward
ExpansionA. RailroadsB. Native
American Experience
C. PopulismV. Empire
• Oliver Kelley forms the Grange• Education on new farming
techniques• Calls for regulation of railroads
• “Grange Laws” set maximum rates for shipping freight and grain storage• Leads to the Interstate
Commerce Commission to oversee interstate transportation
Populism
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
I. OverviewII. EntrepreneursIII. LaborIV. Westward
ExpansionA. RailroadsB. Native
American Experience
C. PopulismV. Empire
• Farmers’ Alliance organize to sell crops collectively • Push for low interest loans• Form a political party, the
Populist Party. • Platform: coinage of silver,
federal ownership of railroads and bank regulation• William Jennings Bryan• Unable to win urban support
What was the appeal of Populism?
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
I. OverviewII. EntrepreneursIII. LaborIV. Westward
ExpansionA. RailroadsB. Native
American Experience
C. PopulismV. Empire
Purpose of a Paragraph• Stating • Asserting • Concurring• Qualifying• Negating• Expanding
• Analyzing• Describing• Comparing/contrasting• Evaluating• Synthesizing • Summarizing• Transitioning