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"Today, production is left to anarchy, and only tyranny, the twin sister of anarchy, is organized." This shows how the gov't was corrupt.

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Haymarket Affair:labor demonstration on May 4th, 1886 in Chicago, caused by tensions b/w laborers and business owners #scary #bombs

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Southwest Railroad Strike:Labor union strike against Union & Missouri Pacific railroads, which led to the formation of the AFL.#byebyeKOL

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The government is corrupt, abiding by whatever monopolists want.

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"one’s spirit is subdued and sad.What is the use of struggling and toiling and worrying anymore? let us give it all up” #toomuchcorruption

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"Get rich, dishonestly if we can, honestly if we must" this shows how corrupt the gilded age was, not caring if they make money dishonestly.

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Workers had to suffer during the gilded age. They are tied to and being harmed by monopolies and corporation heads.

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Jane Addams was a woman that created the Hull House, which was dedicated to help immigrants and residents of urban slums.

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I'm Frances Willard- let's keep these men from drinking alcohol. #women'schristiantemperanceunion

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Native Amer-
Dawes Act- Authorized Pres to divide native land into allotments for individual sale;meant to turn the Indians into farmers.

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Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882- Restricted any Chinese immigrants from coming to America.

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Immigrants-
Southern and Eastern Europeans met the wrath of Nativists who believed in favored status in original Americans.

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Blacks-
Plessy v. Ferguson:Supreme Court validated facilities as “separate but equal”. It degraded the African American community.

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Eugene V. Debs: The head of the American Railway Union and the director of the Pullman Strike.

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Jane Addams:Reformer that established the Hull House, which was dedicated to improve conditions for immigrants & residents of urban slums.

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Andrew Carnegie:Industrialist that owned the Steel Company and was a major philanthropist; played a prominent role in the American economy.

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JohnDRockefeller:Industrialist of Standard Oil that controlled 95% of oil refineries in the U.S;gave jobs to 1000s and was a philanthropist.

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Mark Twain:American writer that coined the term Gilded Age, meaning that the era seemed to be covered in gold, but underneath it was corrupt

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Railroad Strike of 1877: A group of railroad workers on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad rose up and began to strike due to wage cuts

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Breaking News-Panic of 1873:A financial crisis is triggering a depression which was caused by the gov't spending too on railroads. #ohno