Period 6: 1865 1898

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SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

Given an exit card, 100%

of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

Key Concept 6.1 The rise of big business in the United States
encouraged massive migrations and urbanization, sparked
government and popular efforts to reshape the U.S. economy
and environment, and renewed debates over U.S. national
identity.

Big ideas:
What was the relationship between businesses
and government?
What were reasons for migration within the
country and immigration during this time?
In what ways did the South change and remain
the same? (Change and Continuity over time)

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content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
Businesses increased the production of goods by:
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
Technological advances:
government and
popular efforts to
Taylorism - Frederick Taylor - focused on improving
reshape the U.S.
efficiency - timed tasks, specific tasks for workers
economy and
environment, and
Greater access to natural resources - lumber
renewed debates
over U.S. national
Redesigned financial and management structures:
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

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of SWBAT
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ID response paragraph
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turmoil during the
Gilded Age

Monopolies - businesses sought to have sole control over an

industry

Marketing advances:
Mail order catalogs - Sears - appealed to middle-class
families
Growing labor force:
Large supply of workers

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content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

Given an exit card, 100%

of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

A) Increase in agricultural
production:
Mechanized tractors,
reapers, etc. allowed for
less reliance on animals
and allowed for faster
cultivation of crops

Grain elevators allowed

for storing crops and
transporting to RRs more
easily

The increased production

of goods led to a
decrease in food prices

SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and

urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

Given an exit card, 100%

of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

B: How did farmers respond to consolidation in businesses and RR

Created local and regional cooperative organizations:

The Grange (1860s): sought to bring farmers together to share

techniques

Hoped to elect state legislators favorable to their programs

Granger laws state laws that regulated RRs

Southern Farmers Alliance: mostly a local organization

Established stores and banks

Excluded blacks.. Which led to
Colored Farmers Alliance:

Mostly in the Southern US

SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

Given an exit card, 100%

of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

Given an exit card, 100%

of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

Given an exit card, 100%

of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

More on the Grange (Home, Home, on the Grange!)

We are talking about out west late 1800s
Height of L. Faire! We are talking about farmers.
Farmers are hating gold, railroads, and banks

Grange is a cooperative. Farmers are meeting, talking,

and pooling their resources.
They are angry with the RRs; they are dependent on
RRs. Railroads are gouging them.
Farmers take out loans to keep pace with
industrialization; buy new technologies leads to
overproduction
They are angry at Banks (that are calling in their loans),
and the gold standard.
WANTS RR Regulation will get it with the Hepburn
Act (gov power getting in the way of free market)

SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

Given an exit card, 100%

of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

Given an exit card, 100%

of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

Quick Write: Explain the relative decline in the importance of

agriculture in the American economy in the late nineteenth
century. In what ways was the farmers' protest based
primarily on their economic woes, and to what extent was it a
protest against the loss of an older American way of life
based on agriculture and small towns?

SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

Given an exit card, 100%

of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

C: Creation of the Peoples (Populist Party)

Know about the populist party
Called for a stronger governmental role in the economic system
Mostly farmers

Causes:
Growth of corporate power
(RRs) high rates often hurt farmers

Economic instability
Panics of 1873 and 1893 hurt farmers

Goals:
Political reform direct election of senators (we get with the 17th
Amendment); government ownership of RRs, telephones, and
telegraphs
Stronger government role in American economic system
Graduated income tax; inflation of currency, :free silver; abolishment of
national banks

SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

Given an exit card, 100%

of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

More on Populism

Populism support of the people (its a people

thing).
Populism heavily impacts the Progressive Era
Change starts at the bottom

Populism is a direct response to the industrial age.

It helps take us from the problems (Indust age) to reform

Populists Party - Founded 1891

Marriage between reform minded people in cities and

rural areas
Knights of Labor (1869) influenced
The Grange

Seen as a alternative to Rep and Dems

Wants public ownership for public good, Silver

Standard, Abolition of National Bank, Direct election of

U.S. Senators 17th Amendment, graduated income tax

SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

Given an exit card, 100%

of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

Multiple-Choice and Short Answer:

New business structures and their effects
Role of government during this time
Plight of farmers

Goals of labor unions

Sharecropping
Populist Party
Essays:
Comparing the role of government during this time to other time periods

Ways farmers and laborers responded to corporations