APUSH Chapter 23 - Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age (1869-1896)

As the United States expanded in territory, wealth, and power, American used its newfound industrial might to expand its influence of other countries.

The Gilded Age is characterized by isolationist sentiment from an emerging industrial country that did not need to rely on the economies of other countries.

The United States at the turn of the 20th century was consumed by the final defeat of the Plains Indians and extinction of the American buffalo.

The United States was able to quickly recover after the Civil War as the North and South were easily able to reintegrate socially, politically, and economically.

Widespread corruption in business and politics

Major economic and political gains for ex-slaves

Population decline

Religious revivals

undermine the argument against the rise of big-city political machines in the Gilded Age.

highlight a key difference between the Democratic and the Republican parties.

call for the formation of labor unions and working-class activism to keep big business in check.

suggest that both political parties both gave jobs in exchange for votes, money, and loyalty.

covered for

sensitive to

controlled by

oblivious to

a plan to build the transcontinental railroad and admit new western states to the Union.

the withdrawal of federal troops from the South and the end of Reconstruction.

an end to Indian warfare and the creation of the reservation system.

a Republican commitment to protect black civil rights in the South.

enabled many former slaves to work their way up the economic ladder.

applied the principle of “separate but equal” to the division of land and crops for Black farmers.

kept poor black and white farmers in perpetual debt through the crop-lien system.

was found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1896.

the railroads tried to hire Chinese workers.

the four largest railroads cut salaries by 10 percent.

they refused to cross the picket lines of cargo loaders.

their hours were cut back by the railroad companies.

escape religious persecution.

work in gold mining and railroad building.

create a basis for American cultural relations with China.

establish laundries, restaurants, and other small

businesses.

passed a law prohibiting Chinese immigration to America.

forced the Chinese into restricted areas.

sent many Chinese back to their homeland.

sent federal agents to protect the Chinese from attack.

Under a graduated income tax, someone who makes $5,000,000 pays a higher percentage of their income because they contribute more.

Under a graduated income tax, someone who makes $1,000,000 pays the same amount as someone who makes $100,001 because they are in the same bracket.

Under a graduated income tax, someone who makes $30,000 would pay the same rate of taxes as someone who makes $100,000.

Under a graduated income tax, someone who makes $30,000 would pay the same amount of taxes as someone who makes $1,000,000.

the breakdown of segregation in areas outside southern cities.

the transformation of Tom Watson into a fervent civil rights leader.

a racist backlash that eliminated black voting in the South.

the resurgence of Republican political power in the South.