Lecture 6.1- The West
Lecture 6.2 - Industrial America
Seminar 6.1 - Robber Barons or Entrepreneurs?
Matthew Josephson, from "The Robber Barons: The Great American Capitalists"
Ralph Hiddy, from "History of Standard Oil Company"
Lecture 6.3 - Urbanization
Lecture 6.4 - Politics of the Gilded Age
Seminar 6.2 - The Populist Response
F.B. Tracy, "Why the Farmers Revolted" (1893)
Mary Lease, from "The Populist Uprising" (c. 1890)
"A Populist Condemns George Pullman"
"Pullman Defends his Company" (1894)
William Jennings Bryan, "Cross of Gold" (1896)
Textbook: American Pageant Chapters:
Ch 26: The Great West
Ch 24: Industry Comes of Age
Ch 25: America Moves to the City
Ch 23: Politics of the Gilded Age
> Discuss the role of federal legislation in accelerating and shaping the course of westward expansion.
> How did the incorporation of western territories affect Indian tribes such as the Sioux and Nez Perce? Discuss the causes and consequences of the Indian Wars. What is the significance of reservation policy and the Dawes Severalty Act for tribal life?
> What were the economic disadvantages experienced by farmers working within the free enterprise system of the late nineteenth century?
> To what extent did abundant natural resources, capital technology abundant labor, business management, and government policy promote industrial development in the US?
> How did urban life change during the Gilded Age? How did the middle class aspire to live? How did their lifestyles compare with those of the working class? How did the rise of organized sports and commercial amusements reflect and shape social divisions at the end of the century?
> Describe the impact of new technologies and new forms of production on the routines of industrial workers. How did these changes affect African American and women workers in particular? What role did trade unions play in the process?
> How did the American educational system change to prepare children for their adult roles in the new industrial economy?
>Identify the cadidates, issues, and results of the election of 1896