Overview of the Gilded Age
How did this period mark America's formative period?
An agrarian society of small producers transformed into an urban, industrial society dominated by corporations
What is Social Darwinism?
What was a muckrake?
A tool used to clean manure and hay out of animals stables.
What common beliefs did progressives share?
That industrialization and urbanization had created troubling social and political problems.
According to Progressive women, why was women's suffrage necessary?
To make sure the government would protect children, foster education, and support family life.
How was the economy different than the pre-civil war economy?
Dependent on raw materials from around the world and sold its goods in global markets.
What was Social Darwinism used to justify?
Gap between the rich and poor.
Why did Theodore Roosevelt call journalists muckrakers?
They were too fascinated with the ugliest side of things.
How did progressives protect children and improve education?
Began to ban child labor; Created the U.S. Children's' Bureau; School mandatory in most states
What was the 19th Amendment and what role did Tennessee play in its ratification?
Granted women suffrage nationally; Passed its legislature by one vote; Tennessee had to ratify
Technology of the Gilded Age
Phonograph
How did railroad tycoons benefit from government action?
200 million acres of land and money.
What role did Jacob Riis play?
A photographer that documented the urban poor.
How did progressives help industrial workers?
Laws to make work places safer; Worker's Compensation laws; Limited work day
What cause did both Carrie Chapman Catt and Alice Paul dedicate their lives to?
Women suffrage and the fight for equality.
Technology of the Gilded Age
Telephone
How did railroad tycoons benefit from government action?
Backroom deals with politicians
What role did Ida Tarbell play?
Writer who targeted big business and Standard Oil.
How did progressives improve city governments?
Commission form of government; Galveston Plan; Curbed power of bosses and political machines.
How did Anna Howard Shaw sum up the objections to the NWP?
It takes more courage to keep on the steady, slow path than to do something rash and risk success.
Other Technologies
Automobile, Electric Trains and Trolleys
What characterized the Gilded Age?
America became more prosperous and saw unprecedented growth in industry and technology.
How did progressives reform election rules?
Initiative; Referendum; Recall
What effect did the NWP's strategy of relentless confrontation have on the suffrage movement?
Kept the issue of women suffrage in the news and in public conversation even as America's entrance into WWI threatened to derail the movement.