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Bellringer

Bellringer. What is a push factor? A pull factor? Where did immigrants from Europe pass through to get to the U.S.? From Asia? What were nativists ? What act limited Chinese immigration? Who started settlement houses for the poor?. The Gilded Age & Progressive Reform. The Gilded Age.

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Bellringer

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  1. Bellringer • What is a push factor? A pull factor? • Where did immigrants from Europe pass through to get to the U.S.? From Asia? • What were nativists? • What act limited Chinese immigration? • Who started settlement houses for the poor?

  2. The Gilded Age & Progressive Reform

  3. The Gilded Age Writer Mark Twain coined this time period the “Gilded Age.” Based on the definition of “gilded” below, why do you think Twain called it that?Gilded: 1. To cover something with a thin layer of gold leaf or a substance that looks like gold 2. To make something seem better than it really is

  4. Political Concerns • The wealthy were making themselves rich at the public’s expense • There was widespread corruption in government

  5. Spoils System • The spoils system rewarded political supporters with government jobs • In 1883, the Pendleton Act created the Civil Service Commission which filled jobs on the basis of merit

  6. Big Business • In 1887, the Interstate Commerce Act forbade rebates and set up the Interstate Commerce Commission to oversee railroads • Although difficult to enforce, the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, was designed to prohibit businesses from destroying competition

  7. Corruption in City Government • Politicians called bosses controlled work locally and demanded payoffs from businesses • William (Boss) Tweed cheated New York City out of more than $100 million.

  8. Muckrackers • People who expose corruption and scandals in business and politics • What would be some methods to expose these things?

  9. Theodore Roosevelt • Compared reporters who uncovered problems to men who racked up dirt or muck • Was a trustbuster- tried to break up large trusts and monopolies that limited competition

  10. Ida Tarbell • Demanded more controls on trusts • Accused John D. Rockefeller of unfair business practices • Launched a Supreme Court investigation that forced the Standard Oil Company to break up its trusts

  11. Jacob Riis • Photographer and writer who exposed the terrible conditions of slum life • Helped lead to improved fire, police, sanitation and tenement house laws

  12. Upton Sinclair • Wrote The Jungle • Details about the meatpacking industry • Used meat from sick animals • Lack of sanitation • Helped lead to Pure Food and Drug Act & Meat Inspection Act

  13. The Progressive Presidents What did each do to help the Progressive Movement?

  14. Theodore Roosevelt

  15. William Taft

  16. Woodrow Wilson

  17. People Problems Solutions • The Spoils System • Railroads were giving rebates to large corporations • Large trusts got rid of competition • Tenements had terrible living conditions • Meatpacking industry used unsanitary methods

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