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2. Issues of the Gilded Age (1877-1900)
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Issues of the Gilded Age (1877–1900)
Witness History: Paupers and Millionaires
Segregation and Social Tensions
Political and Economic Challenges
Farmers and Populism
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Issues of the Gilded Age ( )

3. Sec 1: Segregation and Social Tensions
African Americans Lose Freedoms
Main Idea: After the election of 1876, southern governments enacted various measures aimed at disenfranchising, or taking away the voting rights of, African Americans. These governments enacted Jim Crow laws that kept blacks and whites segregated, or apart.
African Americans Oppose Injustices
Main Idea: African Americans refused to accept their status as second-class citizens. Although they did not always agree on strategies, they were united in their determination to “never turn back” until they had equality.
Chinese Immigrants Face Discrimination
Main Idea: During the same time that Jim Crow arose in the South, Chinese immigrants faced racial prejudice on the West Coast. Yet the Court upheld the Chinese Exclusion Act and several other discriminatory measures.
Mexican Americans Struggle in the West
Main Idea: Like African Americans and Asian Americans, Mexican Americans struggled against discrimination in the latter decades of the nineteenth century.
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Sec 1: Segregation and Social Tensions

4. Sec 1: Segregation and Social Tensions (con’t)
Segregation and Social Tensions (continued…)
Women Make Gains and Suffer Setbacks
Main Idea: In the decades that followed the Civil War, women continued to fight for the rights to vote, own property, and receive an education. In some cases, they were successful; in others, they were not.
Witness History: Frederick Douglas Laments the Color Line
History Interactive: Discrimination in the West
Note Taking: Reading Skill: Summarize
Color Transparencies: Tuskegee Institute
Chart: Voter Turnout in South Carolina,
Color Transparencies: Political Cartoons: Women Seek Equality
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Sec 1: Segregation and Social Tensions (con’t)

5. Note Taking: Reading Skill: Summarize

6. Transparency: Tuskegee Institute

7. Chart: Voter Turnout in South Carolina 1876-1896

8. Transparency: Political Cartoon: Women Seek Equality
Political Cartoons: Women Seek Equality
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Transparency: Political Cartoon: Women Seek Equality

9. Progress Monitoring Transparency: Section 1PM
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Answer C A
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10. Sec 2: Political and Economic Challenges
Balance of Power Creates Stalemate
Main Idea: Between 1877 and 1897, party loyalties were so evenly divided that no faction or group gained control for any period of time. This made it very difficult to pass new laws.
Corruption Plagues National Politics
Main Idea: Grover Cleveland’s reputation for honesty was an exception. Many government officials routinely accepted bribes and offered jobs to loyal party workers with little regard for their qualifications.
Economic Issues Challenge the Nation
Main Idea: The tariff and monetary policy were critical economic issues during the Gilded Age that sharply divided the Democrats and Republicans
Witness History: The Gilded Age
Note Taking: Reading Skill: Identify Main Ideas
Color Transparencies: Free Coinage of Silver
Political Cartoons: The Bosses of the Senate
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Sec 2: Political and Economic Challenges

11. Note Taking: Reading Skill: Identify Main Ideas

12. Transparency: Free Coinage of Silver

13. Analyze: Political Cartoons: The Bosses of the Senate

14. Progress Monitoring Transparency: Section 2PM
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Answer C A
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15. Sec 3: Farmers and Populism
Farmers Face Many Problems
Main Idea: The farmers of the West and the South were willing to accept the difficulties of farm life. Yet, farmers discovered that other enormous obstacles stood in the way of realizing their dreams.
Farmers Organize and Seek Change
Main Idea: Farmers refused to accept their circumstances and created a network of organizations to address their problems, starting with the Granger movement.
The Populist Party Demands Reforms
Main Idea: The spread of the Farmers’ Alliances culminated with the formation of the Populist Party, or People’s Party, in The Populist Party spread rapidly, putting pressure on the two major political parties to consider their demands.
Economic Crisis and Populism’s Decline
Main Idea: In 1893, a four-year-long depression began that not only worsened conditions for already-suffering farmers, but for other Americans as well. The major parties failed to satisfactorily respond to the nation’s distress.
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Sec 3: Farmers and Populism

16. Sec 3: Farmers and Populism (con’t)
Farmers and Populism (continued…)
Populism’s Legacy
Main Idea: Even though the Populist Party fell apart, many of the specific reforms that it advocated became a reality in the early decades of the twentieth century. These reforms included a graduated income tax, regulation of the railroads, and a more flexible monetary system.
Witness History: Black and White Together
Note Taking: Reading Skill: Identify Causes and Effects
Geography Interactive: The Populist Party,
Color Transparencies: The Populist Movement
Geography Interactive: The Presidential Election of 1896
Progress Monitoring Transparency
Sec 3: Farmers and Populism (con’t)

17. Note Taking: Reading Skill: Identify Causes and Effects

18. Transparency: The Populist Movement

19. Progress Monitoring Transparency: Section 3PM
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Answer C A
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