Period 6: 1865 1898

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SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

Given an exit card, 100%

of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

Key Concept 6.1 The rise of big business in the

United States encouraged massive migrations and
urbanization, sparked government and popular
efforts to reshape the U.S. economy and
environment, and renewed debates over U.S.
national identity.

Big ideas:
What was the relationship between businesses
and government?
What were reasons for migration within the
country and immigration during this time?
In what ways did the South change and remain
the same? (Change and Continuity over time)

SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

Given an exit card, 100%

of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

Fewer hours of toil mean more time to read, and after the adoption of
the ten-hour system the workman took more of interest in the press of
the land; he had more time to read; and, that fact once established, it
became a paying investment to advertise in "the papers." The number of
papers began to increase, for the masses had more time to read; having
more time to read, they learned what was going on throughout the
world, and they naturally acquired new tastes and desires. The
adornment of the home became an object with the man who could see
his home by daylight, and the demand for articles of home consumption
and adornment increased very rapidly.

Analyze the quote above from Terence Powderly.

What does this tell you about labor in the late 19th century?
Explain!
How might an industrialist respond to this? Explain!

SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

Given an exit card, 100%

of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

Given an exit card, 100%

of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

As leaders of big business and their allies in government

aimed to create a unified industrialized nation, they were
challenged in different ways by demographic issues, regional
differences, and labor movements. pg 61 of the curriculum
framework

A: Expansion of workforce:
Internal migration: farmers moved to cities in increased

numbers to work in factories

Immigrants (across national borders): New

Immigration predominantly Southern and Eastern

Europe; China as well

Impact of workforce expansion?

Diverse workforce, lower wages, more child labor

Huge supply of workers led to lower wages

SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

Given an exit card, 100%

of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

Given an exit card, 100%

of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

B: Labor vs. Management:

Battles over wages, working conditions

Local and national unions emerged to

confront businesses

Knights of Labor Terrance

Powderly, skilled AND unskilled
workers, women and African
Americans; downfall was the
Haymarket Square Riot (1886)
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Samuel Gompers, skilled workers
only; bread and butter issues; Pay,
working hours, etc.

SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

Given an exit card, 100%

of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?

Given an exit card, 100%

of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

C: The South had some areas of industrialization

Leaders called for a New South Henry Grady,

editor of the Atlantic Constitution, called for

increased industrialization in the South; textile
factories began to appear in the South
Industrialization will creep forward at a slow pace

Sharecropping and tenant farming remained

dominant

Payment in land in the form of cash (tenant) or

crops (sharecropping)
Many African Americans were stuck as
sharecroppers throughout the 1800s