I see evidence of individuals employing both Social Darwinism quite often. I see Social Darwinism on the streets very often on the streets with people who can afford a living and people who can't. Many benefits given by the government usually have to be paid for by the people, however people who are not able to afford that usually do not receive the benefits. They are left homeless without any help while the people who need the benefits less than other receive the benefits.
Monday, February 2, 2015
Labor Unions- Part C Summary Question
In your opinion, what was the most significant reason for the failure of the labor movement to gain widespread public support?
In my opinion, the most significant reason for the failure of the labor movement to gain widespread public support was it's inability to be successful. The Knights of Labor lost many members because they included both skilled and unskilled workers and they were not able to work together. The American Federation of Labor (AF of L) received many strikes and in general both employers and employees lost a total of $450 million.
In my opinion, the most significant reason for the failure of the labor movement to gain widespread public support was it's inability to be successful. The Knights of Labor lost many members because they included both skilled and unskilled workers and they were not able to work together. The American Federation of Labor (AF of L) received many strikes and in general both employers and employees lost a total of $450 million.
Gilded Age Video Reflection Questions
1.) The causes and political results of the rise of agrarian protests in the 1890s were more essential raw materials such as coal, iron, ore, copper, lead, timber, and oil, an abundance in labor supply due to the increase in immigrants which helped America become one of the largest markets in the world in industrial goods due to the growing population, plentiful capital, development of new inventions which increased productivity, businesses benefited from government policies which protected private property and supported U.S. manufacturers with protective tariffs and many others, and many talented entrepreneurs went into business instead of politics.
2.) The impact of the transcontinental rail system on the American economy and society in the late nineteenth century was it encouraged mass production and mass consumption and promoted the coal and steel industries, railroad time became standard time for all of America, and it created the modern stockholder corporation and developed complex structures of finance, business management and the regulation of competition. Railroads connected eastern sea ports with mid-western cities such as Chicago. People wanted money because of the land grants causing railroads to be constructed poorly and people used the credit mobilier scandal to gain huge profits. The transcontinental railroad was meant to connect California to the rest of the Union. It was divided into two companies: the Union Pacific which was built to the west along the great plains and the Central Pacific which was built in the Mountain across the Sahara and went east from Sacramento, California to the Midwest. The labor supply for the Transcontinental Railroad was made up mostly by Chinese immigrants and Irish immigrants and it was very dangerous because many of the Chinese immigrants had to blow up many tunnels.
3.) The industrial trusts developed in industries such as steel and oil by Carnegie and Rockefeller eliminating their competition by using new technology and it gave them control, and these efforts were effective because they had control over the industries.
4.) Early efforts that were made to control the new corporate industrial giants were anti-trust laws such as the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. These acts of protests were not very effective but they showed that there should be limits to what these industrial giants could do and that they wanted to eliminate monopolies.
5.) New opportunities the cities created for Americans were the career opportunities in the factories and also many new technologies were manufactured improving the lived of many Americans.
6.) New social problems that urbanization created were the rich were getting richer and the poor were getting poorer. Americans responded to these social problems by
7.) The "New Immigration" differed from the "Old Immigration" by the new immigrants having come from different backgrounds, cultures, and religions, and Americans responded to this with hatred. Many people did not agree with these people's ways and treated them badly.
2.) The impact of the transcontinental rail system on the American economy and society in the late nineteenth century was it encouraged mass production and mass consumption and promoted the coal and steel industries, railroad time became standard time for all of America, and it created the modern stockholder corporation and developed complex structures of finance, business management and the regulation of competition. Railroads connected eastern sea ports with mid-western cities such as Chicago. People wanted money because of the land grants causing railroads to be constructed poorly and people used the credit mobilier scandal to gain huge profits. The transcontinental railroad was meant to connect California to the rest of the Union. It was divided into two companies: the Union Pacific which was built to the west along the great plains and the Central Pacific which was built in the Mountain across the Sahara and went east from Sacramento, California to the Midwest. The labor supply for the Transcontinental Railroad was made up mostly by Chinese immigrants and Irish immigrants and it was very dangerous because many of the Chinese immigrants had to blow up many tunnels.
3.) The industrial trusts developed in industries such as steel and oil by Carnegie and Rockefeller eliminating their competition by using new technology and it gave them control, and these efforts were effective because they had control over the industries.
4.) Early efforts that were made to control the new corporate industrial giants were anti-trust laws such as the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. These acts of protests were not very effective but they showed that there should be limits to what these industrial giants could do and that they wanted to eliminate monopolies.
5.) New opportunities the cities created for Americans were the career opportunities in the factories and also many new technologies were manufactured improving the lived of many Americans.
6.) New social problems that urbanization created were the rich were getting richer and the poor were getting poorer. Americans responded to these social problems by
7.) The "New Immigration" differed from the "Old Immigration" by the new immigrants having come from different backgrounds, cultures, and religions, and Americans responded to this with hatred. Many people did not agree with these people's ways and treated them badly.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Warm Up (1-22-15)
The "New South" was more a reality economically, but a slogan as well. It had to change many of its ways to improve their economy, such as planting more crops other than cotton like tobacco and Louisiana Cane Sugar and they also turned to industrialization. Hydroelectricity and lumber camps also grew in the "New South." Even though they changed many things, the white southerners could not fully except the freedom of the blacks and many wanted them back as their slaves and wanted white dominance one again.
The New South
Economic Diversification
After the Civil War many people blamed King Cotton for making them vulnerable to the Union's advances, so they changed their ways. They turned to industrialization and planted more new crops which helped them, as well as the North, tremendously.Political Changes
After the Civil War the Confederation was no more so the South turned to the leaders within their community, called the Redeemers. The Redeemers were mostly Democrats and many won office in the House of Representatives and Senate. They preached of racism and wanted to regain their white dominance over the blanks, yet they formed many colleges, including a black college.Race Relations in the New South
While the blacks and whites may have lived in peace in the South the whites still have dominance over the blacks. Blacks did not have equality and many of them had to become servants to their white landlords who made it impossible for them to pay their rent. The Redeemers could not disenfranchise blacks so they did things like developing literacy tests to make it hard for most blacks to vote. The Mississippi Plan helped to qualify more white voters. The Plessy vs. Ferguson Case tested the segregation laws.Compromise of 1877
In 1865, the thirteenth amendment abolished slavery and twelve years later the Compromise of 1877 forced slaves back into slavery. The presidential election of 1876 was between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden. Rutherford B. Hayes was elected and more power went to the bankers and the industrialists causing much violence from the Ku Kulx Klan.
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