The Gilded Age (1870-1890s)

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[...] The Gilded Age (1870-1890s) A. JIM CROW SEGREGATION Violence and intimidation Electoral fraud : not counting votes Structural discrimination in elections Legislative voting restriction: polls taxes, literacy tests Constitutional disfranchisement B. WHITE TERROR The Ku Klux Klan 1866 : Revivals in 1915-1930, 1950s-1960s, 1980s, and 2000s Intimidation, violence and terrorizing of black communities WOMEN IN AMERICA A.THE LONG 19TH CENTURY DIFFERENT WORLDS Rights Deferred : Women's Rights Convention 1848 in Seneca Falls After the Civil War and the 15th Amendment gave African Americans the right to vote Women and Labor : Jobs varied by age, race, and class B. [...]

[...] EXCLUSION The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 : Stopped entry of Chinese immigrant workers for 10 years D. LIFE IN THE CITY Horatio Alger Myth : Horatio Alger (1832-1899) - novelist Ragged Dick (1868) first successful novel 1880-1910: American urban population triples : Crowded tenement flats, smoke from factories, pollution of air and water, traffic, noise, disease and garbage E. [...]

[...] Congress - Gold was the standard - U.S. dollars could be traded for gold - Farmers and Western mining companies need silver III/ IMMIGRATION A. THE AMERICAN DREAM EVOLVING WITH THE TIMES 19th Century: the search for prosperity in a new land and freedom for white indentured servants : Homestead Act of 1862 Growth of railroad, development of cities, industrialization, and opening of the Wes B. THE GREAT WAVE ( 1820-1920 ) PART 1 : 1820-1880 1830s - German migration 1840s - Irish migration 1847 Potato Famine PART II : 1880-1920 Industrialization and farm mechanization throughout southern and eastern Europe C. [...]

[...] POLITICAL MACHINES AND CITY BOSSES : 19TH CENTURY Tammany Hall - New York City : Democratic Party machine = machines were local political parties designed to win elections and reward supporters D. FARMER AND LABOR REVOLT Populists : Farmers hard hit in depressions of 1870s and 1890s Prices fall E. POLITICAL REALIGNEMENT 1870S-1890S The Spoils System : Awarding of jobs for political purposes Example: U.S. Senators not elected by voters (until 1913) Federal civil service reform : 1883 Pendleton Act Creates Civil Service Commission (CSC) F. [...]