1. The Gilded Age

2. “Who are the oppressed? The many: the nations of the earth, the valuable personages, the workers; they that make the bread that the soft- handed and idle eat...” --Mark Twain

3. 1869- 1 st Transcontinental RR is complete in Promontory, Utah. 1870- John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil Company. 1871- Boss Tweed is exposed for taking up $200,000,000 in fraudulent contracts.

4. 1872- The Credit Mobiler Scandal erupts in the press about corruption during the building of the transcontinental RR. 1873- Panic of 1873 from overtrading, overproduction, and over-speculation: over 5,000 businesses fail.

5. 1874- Joseph Glidden invents barbed wire. 1875- Whisky Ring Scandal where Republican leaders were co-operating with Whisky distillers- involving shakedowns & tax evasions.

6. 1876- National League plays its first game. 1876-Centenial Exposition in Philly shows the telephone, telegraph, 2500 horsepower engine, etc. 1876-General Custer is killed at Little Big Horn during the Indian Plains War.

7. 1877-Compromise of Rutherford Hayes/Sam Tilden election. 1877-Great RR Strike for better working conditions and 10% decrease in salaries. 1878- Thomas Edison (“Wizard of Menlo Park”) forms Edison Electric Company.

8. 1880- George Eastman patents roll of film for cameras. 1880-Andrew Carnegie (“Gospel of Wealth) has monopoly of steel. 1881- James Garfield is shot by a disgruntled job seeker. 1882- Chinese Exclusion Act, which excludes immigration.

9. 1883- Brooklyn Bridge is completed. 1884- 1 st skyscraper is completed in Chicago with elevators (Louis Sullivan) 1886- Haymarket Square Riot 1,300 people to protest police brutality against striking workers.

10. 1890- Jacob Riis’ book, How the Other Half Lives”, for poor living conditions. 1890- Sherman Anti-Trust Act is passed that restrains trade. 1892- Ellis Island opens. 20 million will be processed by time it closes in 1954.

11. 1894- Pullman Strike erupts over a reduction in payroll. 1894- Eugene Debs calls for sympathy strike for RR workers on strike. Sherman Anti-Trust Act was used against the unions, as the strike was “restricting trade.”

12. 1896- Plessy v. Ferguson 1899- Anti-Imperialist League is formed by Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie, etc. 1901- J.P. Morgan incorporates U.S. Steel. 1903- Wright Brothers fly Kitty Hawk, NC 1905-Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is organized by Bill Haywood.

13. 1904- Teddy Roosevelt is elected president and is known as a “trustbuster) 1904- Teddy Roosevelt is 1 st president to receive Nobel Peace Prize (Russo- Japanese War) 1906-The Jungle by Upton Sinclair leads to the Food & Drug Administration.

14. 1908- Teddy Roosevelt starts the building of the Panama Canal 1908- Teddy Roosevelt begins the national park service.

15. 1908-Henry Ford introduces Model T auto. 1911-The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York City kills 146 people. 1912-Woodrow Wilson is elected president. 1913- Wilson starts the Federal Reserve System. 1920- Women get the right to vote.

16. Key Terms Philanthrophy Gospel of Wealth Social Darwinism Vertical & Horizontal Integration Pendleton Civil Service Act Tammany Hall (Boss Tweed) Land Grant Act (led to universities: Illinois, Minn.) John Dewey Cross of Gold

17. Key Terms Yellow Journalism Ida Tarbell (Standard Oil attacks) Jane Addams (Hull House) Samuel Gompers (AFL) Credit Moblier Scandal Muckrakers Federal Reserve System