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APUSH AgendaMr. Jackson

Walsingham Academy

Period 6: 1865-1898

Central Theme• The transformation of the United States from

an agricultural to an increasingly industrialized and urbanized society brought about significant economic, political, diplomatic, social, environmental, and cultural changes

[from APUSH new curricular framework]

Timeline• 1855: Henry Bessemer develops a process that produces steel quicker and cheaper• 1859: America’s first oil well is struck in Titusville, PA• 1861: Civil War erupts • 1862: Passage of the Homestead Act and the Pacific Railroads Act• 1865: Civil War ends; Reconstruction begins• 1869: Completion of the first transcontinental railroad line at Promontory Point,

Utah• 1876: Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone; Edison develops the first

incandescent light bulb• 1877: Reconstruction ends; The Great Railroad Strike erupts• 1881: Completion of the second transcontinental railroad line• 1882: John D. Rockefeller organizes the Standard Oil Trust; Congress passes Chinese

Exclusion Act• 1886: Haymarket incident in Chicago, Ill; AFL is organized• 1892: Homestead Strike in Pittsburgh, PA• 1894: Pullman Strike• 1901: J.P. Morgan creates U.S steel Corporation

Today’s Focus Question

Who composed the labor force of the post-Civil War period and what were labor’s main

grievances?

Key Themes

• Social Mobility• Child Labor• Early Protest movements• Labor vs. Management• Organization of the Labor Movement

Homework

Identify• The Molly Maguires• The Great Railroad Strike

of 1877• Sand-Lot Incident• Knights of Labor• The Haymarket Incident

Due in class tomorrow (HW grade)

Identifications should seek to explain the significance of a term. Use the questions below to help you:1. Why is this

person/act/movement/thing important in American history?

2. What does this symbolize in American history?

Primary Sources

1. “Progress and Poverty” (1879) by Henry George2. “The Gospel of Wealth” (1889) by Andrew Carnegie

(posted on SPA)

*Due on Friday, January 9 (Analysis grade – 15pts) • Answer all three questions after each excerpt

– 1 point each• Answer the three questions under “Questions for

Further Thought”– 3 points each

APUSH Themes

• Identity• Work, Exchange and Technology• Peopling• Politics and Power• America in the World• Environment – physical and human• Ideas, Beliefs, Culture

Supplemental Slides

The Changing American Labor Force

Child Labor

“Galley Labor”

Labor Unrest: 1870-1900

Management vs. Labor

“Tools” of Management

“Tools” of Labor

“scabs”

P. R. campaign

Pinkertons

lockout

blacklisting

yellow-dog contracts

court injunctions

open shop

boycotts

sympathy demonstrations

informational picketing

closed shops

organized strikes

“wildcat” strikes

Knights of Labor

Terence V. Powderly

An injury to one is the concern of all!

Goals of the Knights of Laborù Eight-hour workday.

ù Workers’ cooperatives.

ù Worker-owned factories.

ù Abolition of child and prison labor.

ù Increased circulation of greenbacks.

ù Equal pay for men and women.

ù Safety codes in the workplace.

ù Prohibition of contract foreign labor.

ù Abolition of the National Bank.

The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

The Tournament of Today:

A Set-to Between Labor and Monopoly

Anarchists Meet on the Lake Front in

1886

Haymarket Riot (1886)

McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.