chapter 11: robbers, barons, and rebels joseph fucci chs 245 ol professor buelna
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Chapter 11: Robbers, Barons, and Rebels
Joseph Fucci
Chs 245 OL
Professor Buelna
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During this time (1887 and beyond):Labor was rewarded based on:
- Race
- Sex
- Nationality
- Social class
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Steam and Electricity replaced jobs and increased efficiency
Certain industries were made possible due to:
The manufacture of ice
The telephone
The adding machine
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Railroads also became a big industry..
However, many railroads were built with blood, sweet, and dirty politics.
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The monopolization of industries bred many wealthy business men
Few notables:
J.P Morgan
- Bought Andrew Carnegies Steel company
- Created the “US Steel corporation”
- J.P Morgan Chase
John D Rockefeller
- Oil company flourished under Rockefeller
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Andrew Carneige
- Made his fortune through steel
- Replicated “Bessemer Process”
In 1884 Grover Cleveland became President - He vastly supported large companies
- Did not aid Texan farmers upon request
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1889-1893 Benjamin Harrison was President
During his Presidency:
- He passed the “Sherman Anti Trust” act
- It forbade combinations in restraint of trade
- Was used to curb labor unions or labor combination
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The 14th Amendment was initially created to help freed slaves..
However, it started to be used as a way to protect corporations
- corporations used it to call themselves “people” in court, granted them the right of due process
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Education was also spreading and becoming easily accessible
However, governments used schoolhouses to prepare children to uphold the system
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Immigrants were pouring in..
Revolutionary talks were taking place, while at the same time, many resented and rioted against the Immigrants.
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Unions were being formed as a way to fight against unjust treatment.
Many women were also joining the “Knights of Labor”
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In 1893 banks crashed and the United States entered into “The Great Depression”
Also, in 1860-1910 The US Army succeeded in removing “Indians” from the Great Planes leaving the area wide open for rail roads.
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During this time we had a large Baby Boom where the population
grew at a rapid rate
As a result we needed more food, obviously
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Inventions that helped farming grow to industrious scales
Steel Plows
Mowing Machines
Reapers
Harvesters
Improved cotton gins
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Farmers were pilling up enormous debt To cure this, Charles Macune pushed forward the sub
treasury plan were the United States would have warehouses of farm produce, in which farmers contributed to it. These farmers would then receive certificates for their produce.
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Racism started to intensify Elections were being affected
Politicians were dividing the people
Patriotism was needed to hold the country together
Two years after McKinley became president, America declared war against Spain