Gilded Age by Ashlee Calvert https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np A review of the people, events, major problems and laws of the Gilded Age. en-us 2021-12-02 18:25:55 UTC 2021-12-07 16:07:30 UTC hello@padlet.com Political Machines acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925852797
  • CONTROLLED POLITICAL PARTIES IN CITIES
  • MADE SURE THE GOVERNMENT WORKED IN THEIR FAVOR
  • POLITICAL BOSSES MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO INFRASTRUCTURE
  • GAVE JOBS/HOUSING TO IMMIGRANTS IN EXCHANGE FOR VOTES
    • ]]>     2021-12-02 18:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925852797     Bessemer Process acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925855197 2021-12-02 18:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925855197 Telephone acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925856824 2021-12-02 18:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925856824 Light bulb/Electricity acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925858368 2021-12-02 18:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925858368 Monopolies acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925859885
  • Completely controlled an entire industry as well as had major control over the government
    • ]]>     2021-12-02 18:42:21 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925859885     Urbanization acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925864262 moving to the city]]> 2021-12-02 18:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925864262 Laissez-Faire Government acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925873296
  • “HANDS OFF”
  • GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH BUSINESSES
  • ECONOMY WORKED BETTER WITHOUT GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE
    • ]]>     2021-12-02 18:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925873296     Andrew Carnegie acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925878028
  • Ran the steel monopoly
  • Big philanthropist (giving to those less fortunate)
  • "Gospel of Wealth": the rich need to give to the poor
    • ]]>     2021-12-02 18:51:37 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925878028     John D Rockefeller acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925879680 Ran the oil monopoly (Standard Oil)]]> 2021-12-02 18:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925879680 Boss Tweed acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925886661
  • HEAD OF TAMMANY HALL
  • NYC’S MOST POWERFUL POLITICAL MACHINE
  • LED CORRUPT POLITICIANS
    • ]]>     2021-12-02 18:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925886661     Spoils System acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925894879
  • GAVE GOVERNMENT JOBS TO FRIENDS
  • WORKERS NOT QUALIFIED
    • ]]>     2021-12-02 19:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925894879     Nativism acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925906418
  • Hatred of immigrants coming to America mainly due to them taking jobs from Americans
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  • Only a certain amount of immigrants from each nation were allowed to enter the US every year 
    • ]]>     2021-12-02 19:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925907502     Chinese Discrimination acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925947356
  • Americans did not like the Chinese because they were taking our jobs building the railroad and our gold!
    • ]]>     2021-12-02 19:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925947356     Irish Discrimination acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925948068
  • Discriminated based on their religion!
  • Irish = Roman Catholics
  • Left Ireland due to the potato famine and religious persecution
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  • Cramped, dirty, small apartments in the cities that families had to live in
    • ]]>     2021-12-02 19:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925949032     Chinese Exclusion Act acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925967656
  • This law banned the Chinese from America for over 50 years as Americans felt like they were taking jobs away
    • ]]>     2021-12-02 19:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925967656     Rural acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925972027 the country]]> 2021-12-02 19:41:13 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925972027 Urban acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925972640 the city]]> 2021-12-02 19:41:35 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925972640 Industrialization acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925983173 factories]]> 2021-12-02 19:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1925983173 JP Morgan Chase acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1927929803 Ran the banking monopoly]]> 2021-12-03 18:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1927929803 Captains of Industry acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1928014376
  • CREATES MORE JOBS
  • FUNDS LIBRARIES AND COLLEGES
  • PRACTICES PHILANTHROPY

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  • DRAINS COUNTRY OF RESOURCES
  • TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GOVERNMENT
  • PAYS POOR WAGES

    • ]]>     2021-12-03 19:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1928015437     Abuse of Workers in the Factories acalvert30 https://padlet.com/acalvert30/qhgtt70ztws1g5np/wish/1928111594
  • Child Labor
    • Children as young as 3 would go to work in the factories in lieu of going to school
  • Lack of Safety for Workers
  • Low Wages and at least a 12 Hour Work Day
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