Essay About Largest Deterrent And Political Machine

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farmers and railroad
Railroad helped transport crops to other parts of the country more efficiently.
cattle drives
3,000 cattle
18 men
chuck wagon and cook
wranglers for the horses – 8/men
20-25 miles per day
Laissez-Faire type of government
Government should leave business alone – H. Spencer.
Was the largest deterrent to reform in the second half of the 19th century.
Dominated in the New South.
Helped by religious groups.
Tammany Hall
Political machine: Boss Tweed Ring of New York.
minorities working on cattle drives
Large amount were Hispanic or black.
Bessemer Process
made steel stronger and produced it faster.
Why the cattle drive ended?
overgrazing
barbed wire
water rights
competition for land, sheep, and cattle
View of Plains Indians compared to whites?
Plains Indians – nomadic
whites – wanted to settle
American Federation of Labor
1881, Samuel Gompers
skilled labor, organized – local, state, national
no political goal, believed in strikes
wanted an 8 hour work day, union to represent all workers, collective bargaining
Which battles were the Native Americans victorious?
cow towns
All of the following contributed to the conflict between Indians and Whites.
Railroad came through their territory.
Nez Perce removed from Oregon.
reservations
Wounded Knee
Dawes Act
attempted to Americanize the Indian
break up the tribal structure
give each family 160 acres
accepted they would get full citizenship
education free
most Indians resisted
Guilded Age
growth of wealth, emphasis on materialism
interested only in profit
little concern for others
contradiction: extremely rich and poor workers
population and production grew rapidly
large amount of industrial progress
large amount of inventions taking place
Rich Mans Club
U.S. Senate
obtained large amounts of wealth
6th year term(17 amendment)
Jay Goulde
made $80 million in illegal railroad activities
Blackmail lines
J.P. Morgan
banker, brought up railroad lines
bought Carnegie Steel for $492
Andrew Carnegie
vertical integration
steel industry
purchase all business associated with production
Carnegies Homestead Steel Plant – violence, 9 strikers and 7 Pinkerton killed
workers conditions
fired if went to bathroom
hot floor, 10-12 working
child labor, 195 killed per year
labor unions resulted; secretive at first
pooling
several lines held the same items
stopped in Interstate Commerce Act
Gospel of Wealth
Wealthy are superior and should help the poor – Carnegie.
Social Darwinism
being wealthy proved you were superior – William Sumner.
Vertical Integration
Andrew Carnegie
Horizontal Integration
John D. Rockefeller
buy up competition, became a monopoly
railroad
largest business of era
more impact on economy than anything else
illegal activities