Unit 5: Gilded Age
Timeline
Trigger Words
Big Stick -
Compromise 1877 - Congress created a committee of 115 people
Dawes Act - This act was an attempt by the federal government to integrate the tribes along with the settlers. Doing so, many tribes were no longer recognized and lost their rights to the land. The gov. promised if the Indians behaved they would gain citizenship and their land back.
Gentlemen’s Agreement -
Ghost Dance -
Haymarket Square - A dynamite bomb was thrown in Chicago's Haymarket Square and killed over a dozen people. The Knights of Labor were blamed and quickly lost public support.
Homestead Strike -
Interstate Commerce Act - This outlawed rebates and pools, made the railroads to publish their rates to the public, prohibited discrimination against shippers, and made charging more for a short trip than for a long one over the same line unlawful.
NAACP - Was helped created by Du Bois after Washington stated that the black race was naturally inferior and deserved manual labor. This organization called for more rights for African Americans.
Panic 1873 -
Pendleton Act - This act required that federal employees be fully equip to run for office and not be elected based on donations. This also required that any federal employee be subject to an exam.
Plessy v. Ferguson - This was a landmark Supreme Court case that declared it was constitutional for there to be "separate but equal" facilities in public areas
Spanish American War -
Compromise 1877 - Congress created a committee of 115 people
Dawes Act - This act was an attempt by the federal government to integrate the tribes along with the settlers. Doing so, many tribes were no longer recognized and lost their rights to the land. The gov. promised if the Indians behaved they would gain citizenship and their land back.
Gentlemen’s Agreement -
Ghost Dance -
Haymarket Square - A dynamite bomb was thrown in Chicago's Haymarket Square and killed over a dozen people. The Knights of Labor were blamed and quickly lost public support.
Homestead Strike -
Interstate Commerce Act - This outlawed rebates and pools, made the railroads to publish their rates to the public, prohibited discrimination against shippers, and made charging more for a short trip than for a long one over the same line unlawful.
NAACP - Was helped created by Du Bois after Washington stated that the black race was naturally inferior and deserved manual labor. This organization called for more rights for African Americans.
Panic 1873 -
Pendleton Act - This act required that federal employees be fully equip to run for office and not be elected based on donations. This also required that any federal employee be subject to an exam.
Plessy v. Ferguson - This was a landmark Supreme Court case that declared it was constitutional for there to be "separate but equal" facilities in public areas
Spanish American War -
Primary Sources
Title: Baseball Cards 1887 - 1914
Link: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bbhtml/bbhome.html
Summary: There were around 2,100 baseball cards between the years of 1887 and 1914. Prominent figures were displayed on the cards such as Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, and Cy Young. Benjamin K. Edwards preserved these and other cards. After his demise, his cards were given to his daughter which in turn where given to Carl Sandburg who donated them to the library. Ty Cobb was an American Major League Baseball outfielder who despised blacks. Tris Speaker was another Major League Baseball player who led the Boston Red Sox to two World Series championships. Cy Young
Significance: It was very significant because this collectivity displayed the patriotism towards baseball players, the nationalism towards the country as a whole, and the new era of sports that was emerging in the Gilded Age.
- Sebastian T
Title: Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation
Link: http://www.nps.gov/thro/historyculture/theodore-roosevelt-and-conservation.htm
Summary: Theodore Roosevelt was a well known hunter and outdoors man. In a visit to the Badlands located in North Dakota, he discovered that the once abundant herds of bison were reduced to small solitary groups. In his repeated stays, he was alarmed at how fast paced the destruction of the environment was. He pledged to protect the environment with whatever means necessary, and conservation is still considered to be one of Theodore Roosevelt's greatest achievements. At the end of his presidency, Roosevelt preserved and set aside nearly 230 million acres of land that was used for national parks. In his dedication to preserving the lands, many national parks still are named in Theodore Roosevelt's honor.
Significance: This article gives an insight on why conservation was deemed extremely crucial to Roosevelt during his role in office. If it had not been for his strong devotion, many pristine American lands would possibly now be overdeveloped. His protection of the environment saved many herds of bison, migratory birds, and other wild animals from near extinction. He also made America look very good towards other foreign countries. How could a country that is founded on Democracy and moral ideas oppress and destroy their environment and native animals? By saving these areas, Roosevelt left something behind for all future Americans or others to enjoy. It can even be said that it was more beneficial to save these areas because it gained revenue. Many tourists would visit the United States to see the beautiful areas up close. Factories can always be built and destroyed, but no one can recreate a natural area within their lifetime.
- Diana DeGroot
Title: Mahan Defines Security In Terms Of Sea Power
Link: http://college.cengage.com/history/us/kennedy/am_pageant/12e/students/primary/seapower.htm
Summary: Talks about looking outward, instead of just inward, to define the wealth of a country/community. The reasoning for that arguement was because countries could trade by sea, and witht he more trade you had, typically the more income you had as well, which was the main idea trying to get across.
Significance: Helped to develop the idea that the sea helped define wealth for countries, and helped show the importance the sea had to people. In addition, it helped people consider other means of showing wealth or defining it, instead of looking inward somewhere, you look out at resources and other things.
Love and firecrackers, Jen Bubb :D<3
Link: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bbhtml/bbhome.html
Summary: There were around 2,100 baseball cards between the years of 1887 and 1914. Prominent figures were displayed on the cards such as Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, and Cy Young. Benjamin K. Edwards preserved these and other cards. After his demise, his cards were given to his daughter which in turn where given to Carl Sandburg who donated them to the library. Ty Cobb was an American Major League Baseball outfielder who despised blacks. Tris Speaker was another Major League Baseball player who led the Boston Red Sox to two World Series championships. Cy Young
Significance: It was very significant because this collectivity displayed the patriotism towards baseball players, the nationalism towards the country as a whole, and the new era of sports that was emerging in the Gilded Age.
- Sebastian T
Title: Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation
Link: http://www.nps.gov/thro/historyculture/theodore-roosevelt-and-conservation.htm
Summary: Theodore Roosevelt was a well known hunter and outdoors man. In a visit to the Badlands located in North Dakota, he discovered that the once abundant herds of bison were reduced to small solitary groups. In his repeated stays, he was alarmed at how fast paced the destruction of the environment was. He pledged to protect the environment with whatever means necessary, and conservation is still considered to be one of Theodore Roosevelt's greatest achievements. At the end of his presidency, Roosevelt preserved and set aside nearly 230 million acres of land that was used for national parks. In his dedication to preserving the lands, many national parks still are named in Theodore Roosevelt's honor.
Significance: This article gives an insight on why conservation was deemed extremely crucial to Roosevelt during his role in office. If it had not been for his strong devotion, many pristine American lands would possibly now be overdeveloped. His protection of the environment saved many herds of bison, migratory birds, and other wild animals from near extinction. He also made America look very good towards other foreign countries. How could a country that is founded on Democracy and moral ideas oppress and destroy their environment and native animals? By saving these areas, Roosevelt left something behind for all future Americans or others to enjoy. It can even be said that it was more beneficial to save these areas because it gained revenue. Many tourists would visit the United States to see the beautiful areas up close. Factories can always be built and destroyed, but no one can recreate a natural area within their lifetime.
- Diana DeGroot
Title: Mahan Defines Security In Terms Of Sea Power
Link: http://college.cengage.com/history/us/kennedy/am_pageant/12e/students/primary/seapower.htm
Summary: Talks about looking outward, instead of just inward, to define the wealth of a country/community. The reasoning for that arguement was because countries could trade by sea, and witht he more trade you had, typically the more income you had as well, which was the main idea trying to get across.
Significance: Helped to develop the idea that the sea helped define wealth for countries, and helped show the importance the sea had to people. In addition, it helped people consider other means of showing wealth or defining it, instead of looking inward somewhere, you look out at resources and other things.
Love and firecrackers, Jen Bubb :D<3
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Random Sad News for the Day:
Vincent Price died 3 years before I was born (lived from 1911-1993). I'm sad now. Very sad.