1. Gilded Age politics
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corruption
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money issue in 1870s (Greenbackers)
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tariff issue in 1880s (also civil service reform)
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money issue in 1890s (gold vs. silver)
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4. Urbanization
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Growth of cities
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"New Immigration" and responses to immigration:
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Political machines
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Social Gospel and Social Crusaders
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Nativism (also discuss Chinese)
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Living and working conditions for workingclass
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Class stratification by 1900
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Reformers: prohibition, women’s suffrage
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Challenges for Protestant churches
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Education
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Culture: literature, art
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Reform writers:George, Bellamy, et al
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2. Industrialism
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Impact of transcontinental railroad (and railroad industry as a whole)
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steel industry
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oil industry
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trusts and holding companies
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legislation aimed at curbing trusts
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relevant Supreme Court decisions.
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"Gospel of Wealth"
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The "New South"
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5. Great West
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Impact of Transcontinental RR
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Indian Wars and Indian policies
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Three frontiers: mining, ranching, farming (farm as a factory)
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Plight of the farmer
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3. Unionization
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National Labor Union, 1866
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Great Railroad Strike, 1877
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Knights of Labor
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American Federation of Labor
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Homestead & Pullman strikes
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Anti-labor Court decisions, injunctions, and legislation.
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6. 1890s politics
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Populism
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Panic of 1893
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Election of 1896
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Jim Crow
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Washington vs. Du Bois
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