The Gilded Age 101..

The Gilded Age 101

SummaryThis book will pertain information about the gilded age.It’s a 101 to everythingyou need to know.This played quite an important role in the society inAmerican history.It’s when a amount of small producers were transformedinto an urban society taken over by industrial corporations. The late 19thcentury saw how the modern industrial economy became what itis.Transportation and communication was created during this time.The gildedage was an era of reform.

ImmigrantsNew immigrants played a significant mark on American Society no matter wherethey settled. Their labor mostly contributed to the building railroads and canals, aswell as the supplying of foods from factories. These cities began to thrive becauseof the introduction of new customs,foods, and new sounds.

NativismNativism is the political position of preserving status for certainestablished inhabitants of a nation as compared to claims ofnewcomers or immigrants. It is characterized by opposition toimmigration based on fears that the immigrants will distort or spoilexisting cultural values.

Skyscrapers and TransportationThere were lots of industries in Chicago while everything was goingon. Railroads,factories, and mining were major industries. It didn'thelp that they had a huge fire and had to have people come in andhelp. They were called the Chicago 7. They built new buildings andskyscrapers.In the Gilded Age horsecars were the maintransportation or either walking.

Tenement HousingTenements (also called tenement houses) are urban dwellingsoccupied by impoverished families. They are apartment housesthat barely meet or fail to meet the minimum standards of safety,sanitation, and comfort.

Urbanization ProblemsLights, trolleys, skyscrapers, romance, action. These wereamong the first words to enter the minds of Americans whencontemplating the new urban lifestyle. While American citiesallowed many middle- and upper-class Americans to live aglamorous lifestyle, this was simply a fantasy to many poorerurban dwellers. Slums, crime, overcrowding, pollution, disease.These words more accurately described daily realities for millionsof urban Americans.

Political machines and party bossThe most infamous example of machine politics was Tammany Hall, headquartersof the Democratic Party in New York City. Headed by William Marcy Tweed, theTammany Hall political machine of the late 1860s and early 1870s used graft,bribery, and rigged elections to bilk the city of over $200 million.Bosses would alsospend money to improve constituents' neighborhoods to ensure a steady flow ofvotes for their machines. In this sense, party bosses and machine politics actuallyhelped some of the poorest people in the cities.

Tammany HallTammany Hall was the name given to the Democratic politicalmachine that dominated New York City politics from the mayoralvictory of Fernando Wood in 1854 through the election of FiorelloLaGuardia in 1934.

Social Darwinismthe theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to thesame Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals.Now largely discredited, social Darwinism was advocated byHerbert Spencer and others in the late 19th and early 20thcenturies and was used to justify political conservatism,imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and reform.

Gospel of Wealth\"Wealth\", more commonly known as \"The Gospel of Wealth\",is an article written by Andrew Carnegie in June of 1889 thatdescribes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upperclass of self-made rich.

ReformReform means the improvement or amendment of what is wrong,corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. The use of the word in this wayemerges in the late 18th century and is believed to originate fromChristopher Wyvill Association movement which identified“Parliamentary Reform” as its primary aim.

Realism in ArtRealism was an artistic movement that began in France in the 1850s, after the1848 Revolution. Realists rejected Romanticism, which had dominated Frenchliterature and art since the late 18th century

Populists and populist partya member or adherent of a political party seeking to represent theinterests of ordinary people.Populist party definition. A third-party movement that sprang up inthe 1890s and drew support especially from disgruntled farmers.The Populists were particularly known for advocating the unlimitedcoinage of silver. ... They obviously came out of the populist partytradition to some extent.