PERIOD 6: Gilded Age CH 18 - Responses to Industrialism, Responses to Change, Page (Reading Quiz Thursday 2/9/17)

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1 PERIOD 6: Gilded Age CH 18 - Responses to Industrialism, Responses to Change, Page (Reading Quiz Thursday 2/9/17) Conflict in the New South: 1. In the 1880s, some in the South believed it was a time for the region to enter a new era. In their view, a new South was being born, one which was unapologetic about the past and optimistic about the future. At the same time, however, many southerners, especially African Americans were left out of the prosperity the New South promised. As you read the section fill out the chart below on Southern Developments and responses Areas of Change Results Economics Religion Segregation Politics African American Response

2 2. How did the railroad boom of the late 19 th century affect the South? 3. What was the anti-lynching crusade? Who was their spokesperson? 4. What types of New Industries emerged in the South in the 1880s? 5. What impact did the new state constitutions of the 1890s have on southern blacks? 6. How did Booker T. Washington propose that blacks respond to the challenges posed by segregation and discrimination? 7. What did Plessy v. Ferguson do? 8. What did Williams v. Mississippi do? 9. Where did the most conflict over segregation occur within the south? 10. What did Henry Grady feel like the existence of the New South meant? 11. Why were many southerners nostalgic in the late 19 th century for the Old South? 12. What was new about the New South? 13. In what ways was the New South very much like the Old South?

3 The Politics of Conflict From Populist Movement to Populist Party 14. The 1870s and 1880s were difficult times for American farmers. Increasingly vulnerable to global economic developments and business cycles, farmers organized to increase their economic power and to gain a political voice. As you read the section complete the chart below noting important farmers organizations, the membership and agenda of each organization. Farmers Organization Membership & Agenda

4 15. What kinds of economic problems did farmers face in the late 1800s? 16. What was the earliest nationwide farmer organization? 17. What groups and alliances were included in the Populist Party? 18. What were the main objectives of the Farmers Alliance under the leadership of Charles Macune? 19. How did the Populist party develop between Why was government policy regarding the money supply such a vital issue for farmers in the late 19 th century? 21. What did the U.S. department of the Treasury provide for farmers? 22. Who was the Populist Parties candidate for the Presidency in the 1896 presidential election? 23. What was a difference between the Grange and the Agricultural Wheel? 24. What were some of the celebrated values of the Grange? 25. What issues were most important to farmers in the late 1800s?

5 Workers Protest and the Rise of Organized Labor 26. At the same time that farmers were organizing to advance their shared interests, other kinds of workers were creating organizations designed to give them a collective voice. As you read this section. Use the table below to compare and contrast three labor organizations: the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor, and the International Workers of the World. Labor Organization Membership Goals Achievements Knights of Labor American Federation of Labor International Workers of the World

6 27. What were some of the long-term consequences of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877? 28. Who all participated in the Great Railroad Strike of 1877? 29. What is Anarchism and what role did it play in the Haymarket Square Riot? 30. Who was the country s largest and most powerful labor union? 31. What happened in Chicago on May 4 th 1886? 32. Who were the two opposing sides in the Homestead Strike of 1892? 33. Who was the head of the AFL? 34. What was a key difference in the AFL and the Knights of Labor? 35. What did the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire lead to? 36. What were the goals and principles of the Knights of Labor under Terrance Powderly s leadership? 37. What was the long-term impact of the Haymarket bombing? 38. What role did the federal government take in ending the Pullman Strike? 39. What were the most important differences between the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor?

7 IDENTIFY: Use a separate sheet of paper to create a collection of well-defined terms, which fully explain that Person, Place or Things contribution to the time period we are currently discussing in relation to the Historical Thinking Skills allowing you to utilize it in the future to fully expand on a given topic and discuss in an educated manner. 1. Knights of Labor, Great Railroad Strike of Haymarket Square Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Eugene Debs 7. American Federation of Labor (AFL), Samuel Gompers 9. The New South 10. sharecropping (tenant farming) 11. laissez faire 12. Social Darwinism 13. Henry George 14. Edward Bellamy 15. Gospel of Wealth 16. Social Gospel 17. Grange, Granger Laws 19. Farmers Alliance 20. Colored Farmers Alliance, Las Gorras Blancas (The White Caps ), People s (Populist) Party, Omaha Platform, gold standard 25. free silver 26. Panic of William Jennings Bryan, railroad subsidies 29. Morrill Land-Grant Acts, 1862 and Frederick Jackson Tuner 31. patronage (spoils system) 32. Crédit Mobilier 33. Tammany Hall 34. William Tweed 35. Whiskey Ring 36. Mugwumps 37. Pendleton Act, Thomas Nast 39. Interstate Commerce Act, initiative and referendum

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