Industry DBQ The time period of 1870 to 1900, often called the Gilded Age, saw the rapid growth of corporations in number, size, and especially influence. To fully understand this time period, one must look at the context. Before this time period, the United States had recently ended the Civil War with the Union defeating the Confederacy. The Union was only able to win largely due to the growing industries which were rapidly developing in the North, while the South failed to industrialize greatly and mostly kept to agriculture. For example, the North had over twice the railroad lines of the South which would greatly impact the war as Northern forces could be transported quickly from one area to another.…
The progressive era was a period of progressivists making an attempt to mend society by addressing the social and political difficulties caused by speedy industrial development and urban growth during the Gilded Age. The Gilded Age was a time of a corrupt government and abusive of workers including child labor. These aspects of the government continued long enough that the attempt to fix them lead to the Progressive Era. The Progressive Era was a time to fix the Gilded Age’s problems. The Gilded Age led to the Progressive reform due to the abuse of workers and also due to the corrupt government during the Gilded Age.…
There were different causes for economic growth during the gilded age. The United States had one of the most rapid economic revolutions any country has ever experienced. We enjoyed the supply of natural resources, jobs in the area, a variety of goods, and the ability of investment. The federal government also helped them promote industrial and agricultural development. This passed new laws to protect the American industry from competition, help them build railroads, and remove the Indians from the western lands to help the farmers and mining companies produce more goods.…
The Gilded Age was a breeding ground for corruption and social injustice. With all the monopolies and corrupted businessmen it made it hard for people to come up in the world. The Government had little power because all the power was with corrupted people. During this time the only people that were really happy were the business men, only because they were making good money. The Gilded age really lead to Progressive reforms because people grew tired of the social, financial, and governmental injustice.…
Cornelius Vanderbilt, an American entrepreneur who built his wealth in shipping and railroads, was one of the first people who used steel instead of iron to make rails. One of the hallmarks of the Gilded Age is an increased mechanization, or use of machinery to replace manual labor. People were looking for cheaper and more efficient ways to create better products. By utilizing machines one could increase efficiency of the workers and save time. Among industries that benefited most from the mechanization of the country were coal and train industry, because these two industries were those that most heavily relied on manual…
After the Civil War, there was a huge demand for raw materials and resources such as coal, copper, iron ore, lead, nickel, etc., and to attain these resources a labor force was needed. The work force was not a problem, as there were many immigrants were willing to work for low wages, but the conditions and environment was. The Gilded Age was a period of horrific labor violence. The laborers worked at least 60 hours a week with an average pay of about 20 cents per hour. The majority of workers in coalmines were the new immigrants and children.…
Painter’s historical interpretation managed to grab a lot of attention to reconsider America’s virtue and vice in the Progressive Era. Nell Irvin Painter’s 1987 historical monograph, Standing at Armageddon The United States, 1877-1919, focused on the lives of many citizens concerned with positive characteristics of America. Nell began the monograph with an introduction with a sense of fear to readers by asking if the end is near. This might infer that people were standing near a place of judgment. By observing her general to specific structure and broad and controversial logic, Painter’s thesis of that Progressive Era in America was an era of recreating the ideas of economic equality, social injustices, and political reform through the citizen’s…
The Gilded Age led to progressive reform because the people were tired of the problem taking place in the economy and in their social lives. The people began to find ways to make issues better. This brought the people closer to the progressive age. During the gilded age there was a lot of greedy and funny business going on in the economy.…
The gilded era was full of changes. All aspects of the American society were developing as technology improved. Innovations like the light bulb and telephone drastically improved ordinary things like communication and extended the time in the day. In addition, the newly built railroad system and invention of cars made transportation much easier throughout the country. Transportations biggest impact was on agriculture.…
In 1877 Rutherford Birchard Hayes is elected as president promising the end of the reconstruction era. Consequently one of the most important reforms in American history has officially failed its purpose which was to integrate the formerly slave population with equal rights, like white citizens. This event officially defines the start of the “Gilded age” and although the reconstruction era was over a different version of the reform was underway. Americas focus shifted towards the uncultivated and sparsely populated west that needed to join the north/ east in economic and social ways. This was made possible because of advancements in technology like the lightbulb, telephone, and telegraphs while also the forming of corporations which helped…
Since the industrial revolution began industrial workers have greatly important to the survival of America’s economy. The lives of the American industrial workers have always been hard, but between 1865 and 1900 they lives were made both easier and harder due to the impact of technological changes, immigration, and labor unions. The American industrial workers were impacted between 1865 and 1900 by technological changes. Technology made doing certain jobs easier and faster to accomplish so more could be made in less time. Due to the creation of electricity and lamps work could be done at all hours.…
American reformers think of themselves as progressive, in fact this was the period that became what was known as the progressive era. With the word progressivism we outline a body of social thought that is not entirely coherent to do with dealing with the process of industrialization in the United States. Its not quite socialism or capitalism its stands right in between the two. The Progressive movement is the whole political idea that tries to gather certain facts behind specific policies which falls under progressivism. There are a couple propositions that would have to be kept in mind when you think about the Unites States and the Progressive Era.…
Ch17. The Rise of Industrial America, 1865-1900 ~ By 1900, U.S. leading industrial power by a combination of factors : * Natural Resources (coal, iron ore, copper, lead..) * Labor Supplies (immigrants)…
Elana Shpunt APUSH DBQ 2000 March 13, 2017 To what extent was organized labor in improving the position of workers in the 19th century successful? After several years of Reconstruction and proceedings of the Civil War; the Gilded Age commenced as the American economy and population emerged in premodern civilization. In the Nineteenth century, the Second Industrial Revolution altered the factory system and how jobs were operated.…
The Gilded Age was a time period in America of transition and revolution. America was shifting from farming and irrigation to the development of industrial capitalism and big corporations. There were many social changes such as; increased immigration, poor living conditions, and the barrier between the rich and poor. Also there were many economic changes such as; railroads, telephone, and steel factories. Corporations and monopolies grew, growing a divide between the working class and the rich.…