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The gilded book● This book will contain details about immigration, nativism, skyscrapers, tenement houses, urbanisation probs, party boss, tammany hall, social darwinism, gospel of wealth, reforms, realisms in art, populist and populist party

● immigrationGermans were forced out do to industrialization and extremepopulation growth. Germans started immigrating to the unitedstates during the 1880’s-1920’s.

● immigrationGermans also came because of crop shortages and otherthings like that.

● nativism16 people were killed and 40 buildings were destroyedNativist pop up overnight the most influential where the “knownothings”.

● skyscrapersWith all of the buildings that were destroyed they now had alot of room to reconstruct building and eventuallyMake the skyscrapers.

● Tenement housesTenements were built for immigrants that arrived in the United States during the1840s and 1850s, and they represented the primary form of urban working-classhousing until the New Deal.

● Urbanisation porbsthe German Empire experienced a period of both large-scale industrialization andlarge-scale urbanization. As a result of this movement of people from rural areasto cities, living and working conditions were poor, setting the scene for the socialconflict within Germany that was to follow.

● Party bossParty Boss William Tweed, who controlled votes and appointments. A decadelater, Charles Guiteau murdered President James Garfield; Guiteau believed thePresident owed him a government job as recompense for a political campaign.

● Tammany hallTammany Hall was a New York City political organization that lasted for nearly twocenturies. It was formed in 1789 in opposition to the Federalist Party, itsleadership often mirrored that of the local Democratic Party’s executive committee.

● Social darwinismSocial Darwinism is a term scholars use to describe the practice of misapplyingthe language of Charles Darwin to politics, the economy, and society. Many SocialDarwinists embraced laissez-faire capitalism and racism.

● Gospel of wealthIn the Gilded Age of the late 19th century in America, there were prevailingphilosophies that influenced the growth of economic concentration and socialconservatism and justified them.

● reformsMany of the problems faced by society, especially the poor, during the Gilded Agegave rise to attempted reforms in the subsequent Progressive Era.

● Realisms in artRealism in Art. the Gilded Age was a period in American history marked by rapidindustrialization and growth. The term “Gilded” means covered in gold, but looksare deceiving as this era was filled with a numerous amount of social and politicalproblems.

● populistThe Populists was a political movement to improving conditions for the country’sfarmers and agrarian workers. The Populist movement was preceded by theFarmer’s Alliance and the Grange.

● Populist partyAlso known as the The People’s Party was a political party founded in 1891 byleaders of the Populist movement. a candidate in the US presidential election of1892 and 8.5% of the popular vote, which was a good amount of support for athird party.