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Laissez-faire
no gov interference in business
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taylorism
- people = machines
- specialized jobs
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social dawinism
capitalist "earned" success
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Robber Barons vs Captains of Industry
robber barons bad, captains of industry good
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John D. Rockefeller
- oil
- horizontal consolidation- joining firms to create monopoly
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Carnegie
- steel
- vertical consolidation- buying out all steps of production
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"The Gospel of Wealth"
- Carnegie's attempt to be "good capitalist"
- wealthy must give back to community
- "father of philanthropy"
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philanthropy
giving money back to the community
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collective bargaining
- group of union workers talking to employer
- power in numbers
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Knights of Labor
inclusive union
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American Federation of Labor
- leader Samuel Gompers
- only skilled workers
- most influential union
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Haymarket Riot in Chicago
by American Federation of Labor over 8hr workday
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Homestead Strike
- Carnegie & Henry Frick cut wages on steel production
- Berkman attempts to assassinate Frick
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Ellis Island
immigration center on East coast
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Angel Island
immigration center in San Fran
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Chinese Exclusion Act
ban Chinese migration
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Riis' How the Other Half Lives
publicized brutal tenement life
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Boss Tweed & Tammany Hall
- Tweed created Tammany Hall- democratic organization that helped immigrants
- Tweed gained votes and exploited power
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consumption and leisure
- advertising
- sports, music, theatre, movies
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Homestead Act
- gov provides cheap land in the west
- problem: weather, boom bust cycle
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Transcontinental railroad
- Central Pacific Railroad- built east from CA
- Union Pacific Railroad- built west from Nebraska
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Gast's American Progress painting
manifest destiny
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Turner's Frontier Thesis
- west = free land, heroism, cowboy spirit, democracy
- gave Americans optimistic character of west
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The Plains Indians
30 years of war in west
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Dawes Severalty Act
- gave land to individual Indians, not tribes
- attempt at assimilation
- Christianity > Indian culture
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Indian boarding school
- "Kill the Indian, save the man"
- Carlisle Indian Industrial School
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Populists
farmers and workers (commoners)
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gold standard vs silver standard
- wanted abolition of national banks
- progressive income tax- richer you are, more tax you pay
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William Jennings Bryan
- Election of 1896 vs McKinley (Republican)
- democrat
- cross of gold
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Cuban Rebellion
Cuba rebels against Spain
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Spanish American War
Spain sinks USS Maine in Philippines
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annexation of Philippines debate
cons: geographical distance, cultural diversity, job competition, interference with foreign policy
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China and the Open Door
- US wanted to imperialize China without war
- Open Door policy- asked for access to China and free trade
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Queen Liliuokalani
Reciprocity treaty- allowed tariff-free sugar; REPEALED
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Kipling's "White Man's Burden"
- supported annexation of Philippines
- white supremacy
- imperialism is long and difficult
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