Frontier Territory, 1870-1900 Arizona History Lecture #4 Heidi J. Osselaer.
Chapter Twenty Commonwealth and Empire, 1870—1900.
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Transcript of Chapter Twenty Commonwealth and Empire, 1870—1900.
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Chapter Twenty
Commonwealth and Empire, 1870—1900
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Chapter Focus Questions
What characterized the growth of federal and state governments and the consolidation of the modern two-party system?
How did mass protest movements develop? What was the economic and political crisis of the 1890s? How did the United States develop as a world power? What were the causes and outcomes of the Spanish-
American War?
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American Communities
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The Cooperative Commonwealth
Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward The Point Loma community, established near San Diego in
1897: was a communal society that provided both
private and shared housing where no one earned wages sought self-sufficiency through agriculture received donations from admirers and wealthy
members.
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Toward a National Governing Class
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The Growth of Government
Gilded Age-growth of gov’t in size and scope.
New employees, agencies, and responsibilities
Taxes increased as local governments assumed responsibility for providing such vital services as police, fire protection, water, schools, and parks.
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The Machinery of Politics
Departmental bureaucracy Power resided in Congress and the state
legislatures. Political Parties competed for votes, but only
gradually met the demands of the day Political machines used the “graft” to gain power
and influence Offices were filled by the spoils system that
rewarded friends of the winning party.
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The Spoils System and Civil Service Reform
In 1885, Congress passed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform
This effort paralleled similar efforts at professionalism in other fields.
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Farmers and Workers Organize
their Communities
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The Grange
formed in the 1870s by farmers who suffered boom and bust conditions and natural disasters.
blamed hard times on a band of “thieves in the night,” especially railroads pushed through laws regulating shipping rates
and other farm costs. created their own grain elevators and set up
retail stores for farm machinery. The depression of the late 1870s wiped out
most of these programs.
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Why did Farmers form an Alliance?
Think back to chapter 18….
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The Farmers’ Alliance
National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union, The Alliance sought to: challenge the disproportionate power of
the governing class restore democracy establish a cooperative economic
program Midwestern farm groups battled railroad
influence. By 1890, the Alliance was a major power in
several states demanding a series of economic reforms.
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Workers Search for Power
In 1877, a “Great Uprising” shut down railroads all across the country. Government created national guards to prevent
similar occurrences. Workers organized stronger unions that
increasingly resorted to strikes and created labor parties.
In the late 1880s, labor parties won seats on numerous city councils and in state legislatures in industrial areas where workers outnumbered other classes.
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Women Build Alliances
Women actively shaped labor and agrarian protest. The Knights included women at their national
convention Women were active members in the Grange and
Alliances. The greatest female leader was Frances E.
Willard, who: was president of the Women’s Christian
Temperance Union mobilized nearly one million women to promote
reform and to work for women’s suffrage.
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Farmer-Labor Unity
Formation of the Peoples’ Party. Platform called for:
government ownership of railroads, banks, and the telegraph
the eight-hour day the graduated income tax, and other reforms
Though the party lost the 1892 presidential race, Populists elected three governors, ten congressional representative, and five senators.
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The Crisis of the 1890s
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Financial Collapse and Depression
In 1893, the collapse of the nation’s major rail lines precipitated a major depression. Full recovery was not achieved until the
early 1900s. Unemployment soared and many suffered
great hardships. Jacob Coxey called for a march on
Washington to demand relief. “Coxey’s Army” never reached its intended
size and was met with violence.
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Strikes and Labor Solidarity
A major strike in Pullman, Illinois: spread throughout the nation’s railroad system ended with the arrest of Eugene Debs resulted in bitter confrontations between
federal troops and workers in Chicago and other cities.
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The Social Gospel
A “social gospel” called for churches to fight against injustice. “What would Jesus do?”
The Catholic Church endorsed the right of workers to form trade unions.
Women’s religious groups such as the YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association) strove to provide services for poor women.
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Politics of Reform, Politics of
Order
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Populism's Last Campaign
The hard times strengthened the Populists, who were silver advocates. In 1896, the Democrats nominated
William Jennings Bryan
Republicans ran William McKinley as a safe alternative to Bryan. Republicans characterized Bryan as a
dangerous man who would cost voters their jobs.
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The Election of 1896
McKinley promoted a mixture of pro-business and expansionist foreign policies.
The return to prosperity after 1898 insured continued Republican control.
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Nativism and Jim Crow
Racism and nativism Were not addressed Nativists blamed foreign workers for hard times
and considered them unfit for democracy. Southern whites enacted a system of legal
segregation and disenfranchised blacks, approved by the Supreme Court. .
Reformers abandoned their traditional support for black rights and accepted segregation and disenfranchisement.
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"Imperialism and Righteousness"
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The White Man's Burden
Solutions to Economic Crisis New markets for American production. New frontiers to maintain their democracy.
The Chicago World’s Fair: showed how American products might be
marketed throughout the world reinforced a sense of stark contrast between
civilized Anglo-Saxons and savage people of color. A growing number of writers urged America to take up
the “White Man’s Burden.” Clergymen like Josiah Strong urged that
Americans help Christianize and civilize the world. Missions Expand
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An Overseas Empire
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Hawaii
The United States annexed Hawaii in 1898. Hawaii was a stepping-stone to Asian markets. In 1899, Secretary of State John Hay
proclaimed the Open Door policy in Asia to insure American access and laid the basis for twentieth-century foreign policy.
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The Spanish-American War
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The United States and Cuba
Horror stories of Spanish treatment of revolutionaries—Yellow Journalism/Jingoism
McKinley had held off intervention explosion on the USS Maine.
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The Spanish-American War
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War in the Philippines
Initially Filipino rebels welcomed American troops. After the United States intended to annex their
country, they turned against their former allies. Between 1899 and 1902, Americans fought a war
that led to the death of one in every five Filipinos. Supporters defended the war as bringing
civilization to the Filipinos. Critics saw the abandonment of traditional support
for self-determination and warned against bringing in dark-skinned people.
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Critics of Empire
The Filipino war stimulated the founding of an Anti-Imperialist League that denounced the war and territorial annexation in no uncertain terms.
Most Americans put aside their doubts and welcomed the new era of aggressive nationalism.