PPT-Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

Chapter 23 Ulysses S Grant 18 th President Waving the bloody shirt 1868 Narrowly defeats Horatio Seymour MS TX VA Era of Good Stealings Widespread corruption even reaching the White House. Introduction. The population after the Civil War . was reported over 39 million people in the 1870’s, which was a gain of 26.6 percent. The United States was now the 3. rd. largest nation in the Western World. . 1869-1896. Chapter 23. AMH2020. Derek Wingate. Themes. The Post- Civil War Republic. Ulysses S. Grant. Political Corruption. Disillusionment . The “Bloody Shirt” Elects Grant. The political wrangling between Congress and President Johnson soured the people on professional politicians.. 1877-1900. The Gilded Age. Name comes from the title . of an 1873 Mark Twain . book. Referred to . the “superficial glitter” of the new wealth that developed in the late . 1800s. Dominated by a belief in . Political Machines. The Gilded Age. 1870’s-1900. . Name of a . book written by Mark Twain. and Charles Dudley Warner in . The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. (1873), satirizing what they believed to be an . Political Machines. The Populist Movement. The Progressive Movement. Reforming the New Industrial Order. Reforming Society. Reforming Government . Intro. To the “Gilded Age”: 1870s-early 1900s. All of part of the recent trends of:. 1865-1914. UNIT VI: “The Gilded Age.”. So, what is it all about?. “The transformation of the United States from an agricultural to an increasingly industrialized and urbanized society brought about significant political, economic, diplomatic, social, environmental and cultural changes.” . Thomas Forman, Austin Hankins, Lexi Skeffington, Jack Luessman, Kylie Kroneman, and Ryan Jacob. Post Civil-War Population Boom. Despite heavy casualties in the Civil War, population continued to skyrocket throughout the United States. . 1877-1900. The Gilded Age. Name comes from the title . of an 1873 Mark Twain . book. Referred to . the “superficial glitter” of the new wealth that developed in the late . 1800s. Dominated by a belief in . JUMBO QUESTIONS . Patterns of Continuity and Change over Time . The authors conclude that Americans who “spilled their blood in the Union, emancipation, and Abraham Lincoln, who had promised ‘a new birth of freedom,’” instead “got a bitter dose of corruption and political stalemate” in the Gilded Age. Account for this change over time. .  . The Gilded Age in America: Successes. : . 1. Displays of wealth and excess among upper class. 2. 2nd industrial revolution. 3. Labor union movements. Gilded Age . But underneath, there were problems. American author . Mark Twain. To “gild” something is to lay a thin layer of gold. over some rougher/cheaper base material. Gilded Age. Refers to the period after the Civil War through 1900. Period of great economic and population growth. The golden gleam of the gilded surface hides the cheapness of the metal underneath.”--Mark Twain . What . do you think this quote means?. What is Twain trying to say?. What are some industrial problems America has during the Industrial Revolution . “The Gilded Age” – A term coined by Samuel Clemens (AKA: Mark Twain) to describe . the late 1800s – the times looked glittery and good, but hid a dark/worthless underbelly. The period held the creation of the first . H-SS 11.2.2 – Describe the changing landscape, including the growth of cities linked by industry and trade, and the development of cities divided according to race, ethnicity, and class.. H-SS 11.2.4 – Analyze the effect of urban political machines and responses to them by immigrants and middle-class reformers..