In 1967 Rep. Amens replaced Keeter as the head of credit mobilier, which founded by and working with Union Pacific allowed people involved to sign contracts with themselves to get double the profit while working on a government sponsored rail … Continue reading
The Knights of Labor was the largest and probably most important labor union formed in the 1880’s. With it’s legacy, it made way for future labor unions to be formed with similar ideology and goals. They accepted people that during … Continue reading
In 1862 America celebrated a centennial of the Homestead Act – a federal law initially signed by Abraham Lincoln that entitled any applicant to a freehold of up to 160 acres of land. The act enabled thousands of people to … Continue reading
One problem during the Gilded Age was child labor. The 1900 census revealed that almost 2 million children were working in factories, mines, mills and other dangerous places across the United States. There were photographs of these children going around showing … Continue reading
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, January 24, 1863, page 285. Artist: W. H. Childs In this Newspaper clipping, it depicts the largest execution in American History. This was a result of a six week war over the “Treaty of Traverse de … Continue reading
My primary document is a picture of Asian-Americans working on the transcontinental railroad. I chose this photo because I feel that a lot of the American history that involves the manipulation or taking advantage of other races, countries and/or cultures … Continue reading
Charles Darwins’ published work On the Origin of Species is one of the greatest if not greatest works of science. Published in 1859 in the United Kingdom, it was written to show people how to survive and what life is … Continue reading
J.P. Morgan is one of the “Captains of the Industry” during the gilded age. He was a financier who ruled the corporate finance and industrial consolidation. “Morganization” was a term people used when Morgan turned struggling businesses into profitable ones … Continue reading
Chinese Exlcusion act of 1882: http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=47&page=transcript For those of you reading this, that little poem at the base of that big green statue in New York harbor is a complete lie. Often the narrative of American history goes as follows; … Continue reading
Propaganda posters are made to convince people to do something. Studying old propaganda posters can help us understand what was important to people at the time. The poster below was made in 1885 to convince people to move to California. … Continue reading
“Suppose a white man should come to me and say, “Joseph, I like your horses. I want to buy them.” I say to him, “No, my horses suit me; I will not sell them.” Then he goes to my neighbor … Continue reading
http://www.civics-online.org/library/formatted/texts/sherman_antitrust.html In the 1880s, the people of American were worrying about trusts. Trusts were business that combined so they could reduce competition and control prices. Because of that, in 1890, President Harrison, along with Congress, passed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. … Continue reading
Thomas A Edison was an American inventor, scientist and businessman who created countless devices that impacted the world significantly, especially America . Even Eric Foner labeled him ” the era’s greatest innovator”. Thomas A Edison is well known for developing … Continue reading
As the westward movement began, many Americans saw that land as an opportunity to grow and become independent but doing all of that meant consequences to be faced by Native Americans who were mostly settled in that area. Expansion into … Continue reading
“The New Colossus” was a poem written by American Jewish Poet Emma Lazarus in 1883. Ms. Lazarus was asked by fundraiser Maxwell Evarts to write a poem for an art and literary works auction. The aim of the auction was … Continue reading
The extensive use of electricity, internal combustion engines and create a new transport was quickly applied to industrial production and contributed greatly to economic development. And the World War didn’t effect the United Stated that another reason improve the economic … Continue reading
The Knights of Labor were the first group to try to organize workers, whether they were unskilled or skilled, female or male, and blacks or whites. They would exclude the despised Asian immigrants on the West Coast though. Its membership … Continue reading
During the 19th century the citizenship rights granted by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments did not apply to Native Americans. Some laws did however offer them citizenship if they left their tribe and “joined” American society, but the American Indians … Continue reading
The Dawes Act Document This document was created to divide and distribute land back to the Native Americans. This act was named after U.S. Senator Henry L. Dawes and was signed on February 8, 1887. The Dawes Act divides the … Continue reading
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began on July 17, 1877, in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Workers for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad went on strike, because the company had reduced workers’ wages twice over the previous year. The strikers refused … Continue reading