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1/8/2015p.803-811
APUSH AgendaMr. Jackson
Walsingham Academy
Period 6: 1865-1898
Central Theme• The transformation of the United States from
an agricultural to an increasingly industrialized and urbanized society brought about significant economic, political, diplomatic, social, environmental, and cultural changes
[from APUSH new curricular framework]
Timeline• 1855: Henry Bessemer develops a process that produces steel quicker and cheaper• 1859: America’s first oil well is struck in Titusville, PA• 1861: Civil War erupts • 1862: Passage of the Homestead Act and the Pacific Railroads Act• 1865: Civil War ends; Reconstruction begins• 1869: Completion of the first transcontinental railroad line at Promontory Point,
Utah• 1876: Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone; Edison develops the first
incandescent light bulb• 1877: Reconstruction ends; The Great Railroad Strike erupts• 1881: Completion of the second transcontinental railroad line• 1882: John D. Rockefeller organizes the Standard Oil Trust; Congress passes Chinese
Exclusion Act• 1886: Haymarket incident in Chicago, Ill; AFL is organized• 1892: Homestead Strike in Pittsburgh, PA• 1894: Pullman Strike• 1901: J.P. Morgan creates U.S steel Corporation
Today’s Focus Question
Who composed the labor force of the post-Civil War period and what were labor’s main
grievances?
Key Themes
• Social Mobility• Child Labor• Early Protest movements• Labor vs. Management• Organization of the Labor Movement
Homework
Identify• The Molly Maguires• The Great Railroad Strike
of 1877• Sand-Lot Incident• Knights of Labor• The Haymarket Incident
Due in class tomorrow (HW grade)
Identifications should seek to explain the significance of a term. Use the questions below to help you:1. Why is this
person/act/movement/thing important in American history?
2. What does this symbolize in American history?
Primary Sources
1. “Progress and Poverty” (1879) by Henry George2. “The Gospel of Wealth” (1889) by Andrew Carnegie
(posted on SPA)
*Due on Friday, January 9 (Analysis grade – 15pts) • Answer all three questions after each excerpt
– 1 point each• Answer the three questions under “Questions for
Further Thought”– 3 points each
APUSH Themes
• Identity• Work, Exchange and Technology• Peopling• Politics and Power• America in the World• Environment – physical and human• Ideas, Beliefs, Culture
Supplemental Slides
The Changing American Labor Force
Child Labor
“Galley Labor”
Labor Unrest: 1870-1900
Management vs. Labor
“Tools” of Management
“Tools” of Labor
“scabs”
P. R. campaign
Pinkertons
lockout
blacklisting
yellow-dog contracts
court injunctions
open shop
boycotts
sympathy demonstrations
informational picketing
closed shops
organized strikes
“wildcat” strikes
Knights of Labor
Terence V. Powderly
An injury to one is the concern of all!
Goals of the Knights of Laborù Eight-hour workday.
ù Workers’ cooperatives.
ù Worker-owned factories.
ù Abolition of child and prison labor.
ù Increased circulation of greenbacks.
ù Equal pay for men and women.
ù Safety codes in the workplace.
ù Prohibition of contract foreign labor.
ù Abolition of the National Bank.
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877
The Tournament of Today:
A Set-to Between Labor and Monopoly
Anarchists Meet on the Lake Front in
1886
Haymarket Riot (1886)
McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.