$ Big Business $ I. Consumer Goods to __________________________

A. __________________________ B. __________________________ C. __________________________ D. All require more __________________________.

1. The nation’s ____________________ (____________________) made industry possible II. Business Practices of the __________________________

A. Rise of __________________________ 1. A massive _______________________like rail required a ________________________. 2. In order to raise money for such a venture, __________________________ sold

__________________________ in their company. 3. Corporations

a. A corporation is a _____________ owned by anyone who has __________________________in that company.

b. Because shareholders only __________________________they invest (not responsible for __________________________), it is easier to get investors .

c. Shares of stock represent a __________________________. Buying a share means you are buying a __________________________.

d. Corporations could also __________________________by issuing _________________________

e. Limited Liability – (define): B. Monopolies

1. Definition: Corporation that ______________________________________________ 2. Government __________________________rather than discouraged 3. __________________________: wipe out or buy out __________________________ 4. _________________________: _________________________that feed into the business 5. Trusts (__________________________)

a. Definition: ________________ that _________________________other corporations

b. Mentality: _________________________________________to make more money c. Problem for the ____________________: the trust decides on a

__________________________ rather than free competition C. Mass Marketing

1. __________________________ 2. Door to door ______________________ 3. National __________________________ 4. __________________________ stores 5. Chain stores 6. __________________________!

a. Billboards, __________________________, and magazines III. “__________________________” or “__________________________”

A. Steel & Andrew Carnegie 1. Born __________________________in Scotland, __________________________ 2. __________________________in Pittsburg using the __________________________ 3. __________________________much more efficient.

B. Rail & Cornelius Vanderbilt 1. __________________________were bought up by _____________________. 2. No __________________________, rail investments paid for ____________________. 3. Consolidation brings ____________________, especially after ____________________. 4. Cornelius Vanderbilt

a. By __________________________, Vanderbilt built by far the __________________________in the world.

b. By controlling ____________________, Vanderbilt could charge _______________. c. He died the __________________________in history.

C. Meat & Gustavus Swift 1. __________________________Baron. 2. Developed the ___________________________________________. 3. Pioneers the use of __________________________ 4. __________________________to cut costs.

D. Oil & John D. Rockefeller 1. Rockefeller founded the __________________________. 2. Rockefeller was able to ____________________________________________________. 3. Gradually he came to control nearly __________________________in America.

E. Electricity & Edison/Westinghouse 1. __________________________

a. Over __________________________ patents b. “The Wizard of __________________________.” c. __________________________the process of discovery d. Full time __________________________and staff.

2. __________________________ a. Competing systems for __________________________ b. __________________________wanted AC power. c. Edison wanted __________________________, which was ___________________.

Populism! I. Farmers Alliance

A. Built upon the ashes of the ___________________________ B. More ________________________ and less ________________________ than the Grange C. Controlled _____________________& had _____ representatives in Congress during the 1890s.

II. Populist “________________________” Party A. Built out of the ________________________(primary support from ______________). B. Got almost ________________________in __________ with James B. Weaver as their candidate C. Quickly won several ________________________ D. ________________________of 1892

1. Political a. Direct ________________________ b. Use of _______________ and _______________

2. Economic a. Free ______________________ b. _______________________________________________railroad, telegraph and telephone c. Graduated _____________________ d. Federal _____________________

e. _________________ for industry----- E. The ________________________and Bimetallism

a. Crime of ’73.” ________________________________________________ b. Populists wanted money based on ________________________to

________________________and lower ________________________ c. Becomes the overriding political issue of the ________________________.

III. Panic of 1893 A. Several major ________________________ went under & over 16,000 small businesses B. A ________________________________________________. C. Bank failures followed causing a ________________________[nearly 500 banks closed]. D. By 1895, ________________________ reached _______ million E. Americans cried out for relief, but the Govt. continued its ________________________ F. ________________________, 1894

IV. The Election of 1896 &________________________________________________ A. The Democratic Party ________________________

1. “_____________________” Democrats: joined ____________________ in supporting silver 2. “____________________” Democrats: voted _________________ because they opposed silver

B. The Nominees 1. The Democrats nominate ________________________ (only 36 at the time) over Cleveland 2. “Silver bug” Democrats ________________________, who also ________________________ 3. The “________________________” speech was Bryan’s biggest moment of the campaign. 4. The Republicans (under the leadership of ________________________) nominated

________________________ of Ohio: ________________________, ________________________, and prosperity

C. Why did Bryan lose? 1. His focus on silver undermined efforts to build bridges to ________________________. 2. He did not form ________________________with other groups. 3. McKinley’s campaign was ________________________ and ________________________.

Match the following two lists as you watch the video clip

Dorothy’s shoes

Scarecrow

Tin Man

Lion

Oz

Emerald City

Yellow Brick Road

Wicked Witch of

the East

Munchkins

Flying Monkeys

Gold standard

Silver standard

Native Americans

Farmers

Big Business

Washington D.C.

The President

William Jennings

Bryan

Factory workers

Common people

Urbanizat ion and the Growth of Cit ies Cities and Sanitation !

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4)!____________________________________!sells!more!than!28!million!copies.!

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5)!In!___________!decades,!the!worst!of!New!York’s!slums!are!_____________________.!

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6)!In!New!York!alone,!nearly!_________________!die!in!one!year!from!disease.!

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7)!Who!is!Colonel!George!Waring!and!what!does!he!do!for!New!York?!

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Working Conditions- The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Start!Time:!Part!4,!7:15!End!Time:!Part!5,!4:20!!!1)!By!1900,!nearly!___________!women!are!working!in!US!cities.!!In!just!40!years,!that!number!has!more!than!________________________.!!2)!By!1909,!Americans!are!spending!nearly!________________!a!year!on!ready!made!clothes.!!3)!Most!of!the!girls!working!in!the!Triangle!Shirtwaist!Factory!were!__________________.!!!!4)!Why!were!the!exit!doors!of!the!building!locked?!!!!!5)!What!were!the!two!escape!routes!on!the!9th!floor?!!Why!don’t!these!save!everyone?!!!!!!6)!How!many!people!died!in!the!fire?!!!!!7)!It!is!the!deadliest!workplace!disaster!in!New!York!City!history!until!when?!!!!!!!8)!What!were!some!of!the!long^term!effects!of!the!fire?!

The Politics of Exclusion Women I. Middle Class Motherhood: _______________________________

A. Belief that women should be totally ______________________________. B. As wealth increased, ______________________became more ______________________. C. Women seen as:

1. Incapable of ____________________________________________. 2. Clean, ______________________, and mostly Decorative 3. ____________________________________________.

II. Women and Reform A. Woman’s role as “____________________________________________”

1. Jane Addams – settlement houses (______________________) B. ______________________: responsibility of Christians to help the ______________________ C. Women’s status as moral icons allowed some ______________________ D. Biggest issue : ______________________!

1. Women’s _____________________________________Union (______________________) III. ______________________ Movement

A. Woman’s role as champion for __________________reinvigorated _______________ movement

B. Taken from Britain, a more ______________________was used 1. Leader: ______________________and National Women’s Party 2. Mass ______________________ 3. ____________________________________________

C. Eventually, women won large gains by linking the ______________________to ______________________

1. ____________________________________________and NAWSA African Americans I. African Americans and the ______________________

A. ______________________and ______________________attitudes led to ______________________diversification of Southern economy

B. Still, majority of Southerners ____________________________________________ 1. Late start in ______________________ 2. ____________________________________________workforce

C. Farmers (______________________, ______________________) lived in cycle of debt II. One Party Rule in the South

A. Democrats had “______________________” the South B. ____________________________________________all but vanquished. C. The biggest threat to the ____________________was the prospect of ______________________.

III. Disenfranchisement A. ______________________ B. ______________________ clauses C. ______________________and poll taxes also kept out poor whites

IV. ______________________Laws A. ____________________________________________of the south along race lines. B. Began with ______________________. C. Segregated ______________________by the ______________________

V. The Triumph of Segregation A. _____________________________(1896), established the “______________________” doctrine. B. ___________________________(1898), Validated the methods of ______________________

black voters. VI. Two Views

A. Faced with racist ______________________, economic deprivation and exploitation, and denial of civil rights, ______________________led the debate on how to respond:

1. ______________________: Stress on ______________________ a. Reconciliation, not ______________________. b. Blacks would only gain ______________________after ______________________. c. “The ______________________” known as accomodationist

2. ______________________: Stress on Civil Rights a. Frustrated with Washington’s silence, Harvard educated DuBois demanded

______________________and ______________________ b. Met with other ______________________in 1905 to establish program of protest and

action known as the ____________________________________________ c. 3 years later founded ______________________

VII. Ida B. Wells – fought against: __________________________ Immigration I. “New Immigration” Trends

A. By 1895, most European immigrants were coming from the ______________________rather than the west.

1. _________________, ____________, Croats, Slovaks, Greek, _________________ B. Most became heavy, ______________________labor. C. Made up more than _______________of most big cities. D. Many lived in crowded, downtown, ______________________. E. Played a key role in ____________________________________________.

II. ______________________(Negative) A. Poverty of ____________________________________(______________________of farm work) B. __________________ and joblessness in European cities as a result of ____________________ C. ______________________ persecution

III. ______________________(Positive) A. America’s reputation for:

1. Political and ____________________________________________ 2. ______________________ opportunities

a. ______________________ b. Industrial cities

B. ____________________________________________fares IV. Reaction to Immigration

A. Restrictions on European immigration began in late 1800s (_____________________________), increased in 1920s with ______________________

B. Supporters of ______________________legislation 1. ____________________________________ 2. American ____________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________

C. ______________________(1898) 1. Established j______________________(citizenship through ______________________)

V. ____________________________________________

Progressive Era Trends !!Directions: Use pages 424 to 427 to answer the following questions. !!1. Define progressivism:

2. Time frame: 3. Presidencies: 4. What did they identify as the problems in American society?

5. Primary social class involved:

a. Sample professions in this social class:

b. Why this social class?

6. Explain the relationship between pragmatism and progressivism 7. Explain the relationship between scientific management and progressivism

8. Who were the muckrakers and why are they a good example of Progressives? **Now move on to the second handout- “Muckraking and The Jungle” !

Progressive Presidents I. Theodore Roosevelt

A. Progressive _______________________________. B. Hero from the _______________________________ C. September 14, _________: becomes president 8 days after _______________________________ D. ______________________________

1. For 1.____________, 2._____________, 3. _______________. Government would serve as a _______________________________.

2. Three part plan a. _______________________________

Important Question: What was the atmosphere for business before? !!!

i. Not anti business, but against _______________________________. ii. Public well being over _______________________________. iii. _______________________________vs. _______________________________ iv. Examples: Department of Labor and Commerce & Dissolution of

_______________________________ - a monopoly! v. Railroad Regulation

(a) _______________________________stopped discriminatory pricing (b) _______________________________gave the Interstate commerce commission

the _______________________________. vi. Labor

(a) Department of Labor and Commerce (b) Coal Strike of 1902

(i) Threatened -_________________________ and forced owners to back down (c) 1907 – proposed a ________________________ work day

b. Consumer protection i. Creation of the ________________________________________(FDA) ii. _______________________________: federal investigation of meat packing. iii. _______________________________and Drug Act

c. Conservation of natural resources i. Not a _______________________________ ii. _______________________________: public resources for public benefit. iii. Massive expansion of _______________________________

E. A True Progressive or Conservative? 1. Not a leader in the movement but rather _______________________________ 2. Good trust vs. _______________________________ 3. Areas avoided: _______________________________(including child labor) and minorities

II. William H. Taft A. Much more _______________________________ than TR, but also less ___________________

1. Hostile to _______________ 2. Tariffs (_______________________________)

B. Progressive: _______________________________(Standard Oil, etc.)

C. Controversy 1. _______________________________

D. Party Split 1. Rift with the _______________________________of the Republican party

III. Election of _____________________ A. Republicans: run ____________________ B. Progressives/_______________________________: run Roosevelt

1. _______________________________ C. Democrats: run _______________________________

1. _______________________________ IV. Woodrow Wilson

A. The “Triple Wall of Privilege” 1. _______________________________ 2. _______________________________

a. _______________________________Act (1913) 3. Stronger anti trust legislation

a. _______________________________(1914) b. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

B. Social Program 1. Support for the _______________________________(important for Democratic Party) 2. _______________________________(1916): low interest rural credit system

American Imperialism

I. 100 Years of Foreign Policy A. ____________________________ B. Monroe Doctrine C. Lack of a coherent strategy until the late 1800s. D. Shifts with __________________________politics.

II. Causes of Imperialism: “Gold, God, and Glory” A. Economic Benefit of an Empire

1. __________________________powerhouses need: a. __________________________ markets b. __________________________

B. Protestantism & Democracy 1. ‘__________________________’, ‘city upon a hill’ America to bring:

a. __________________________ b. Capitalism c. __________________________

2. Coincided with Social Darwinist beliefs of the era: a. Josiah Strong’s __________________________: Christian duty to colonize and spread Anglo-

Saxon b. Social __________________________

C. A Strong Nation and Empire 1. A new “__________________________” for American manifest destiny 2. __________________________: expansion as the defining force in American history (safety

valve) 3. ___________________________________________The Influence of Seapower Upon History

a. Powerful __________________________ b. __________________________ c. Strategic __________________________

4. Influential in building of Great White Fleet III. Early Examples of Imperialism

A. Treaty of __________________________ 1854 1. Commodore Perry of the US Navy opens __________________________ for Americans.

B. __________________________ and the Pacific 1. US sugar and fruit barons plan a __________________________ that overthrows Queen

Lili’uokalani in 1893 (annexed in ________________) C. __________________________ Folly

1. Purchased from Russia in 1867 D. Open Door Policy in __________________________

1. __________________________pushes for open door against European spheres of influence in 1900

2. After __________________________ put down, US commits to China’s ____________________ and open trade

IV. Spanish American War A. __________________________

1. Spanish territory with ongoing __________________________ (Jose Marti) 2. The US had built up __________________________on the island and wanted the Spanish out

B. Causes of War

1. __________________________encouraged jingoism 2. __________________________ incident 3. __________________________letter insults national honor

C. Attack on the Philippines/Cuba 1. Spain declares war on __________________________ 2. May: the US launched its first attack on the __________________________, thousands of miles

away from Cuba. 3. The Spanish were totally __________________________ and unprepared 4. War in Cuba and Philippines lasts only __________________________

D. Treaty of Paris, 1898 1. Cuba was freed from Spanish rule. 2. Spain gave up __________________________and Guam. 3. The U. S. paid Spain __________________________. for the Philippines. 4. U.S. becomes an imperial power with strategic locations in Pacific

E. Philippine-American War 1. __________________________leads a guerilla effort for independence. 2. Atrocities on both sides, huge death toll. 3. Aguinaldo gives up in 1901, __________________________is installed as a territorial governor.

V. The New Diplomacy Overview:

• Teddy Roosevelt: Big Stick Diplomacy • William Howard Taft: Dollar Diplomacy • Woodrow Wilson: Moral Diplomacy A. Roosevelt’s “Big Stick” in the Caribbean

1. ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick” 2. US as __________________________, especially in the Caribbean

a. __________________________to Monroe Doctrine 3. Use of __________________________ power 4. Panama

a. Per __________________________ advice b. After French fail, TR aids Panamanian Revolution against Columbia in return for canal

zone B. Taft – Dollar Diplomacy

1. Mildly __________________________ , using investment a. __________________________ RR b. Troops in Nicaragua (1911)

C. Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy 1. The U. S. should be the __________________________ of the world 2. Spread democracy, peace, condemn __________________________ 3. Appoints anti-imperialist Secretary of __________________________