In the post–Civil War United States, corporations grew significantly in number, size, and influence.

Analyze the impact of big business on the economy and politics and the responses of Americans to these

changes. Confine your answer to the period 1870 to 1900

TIMELINE 1870-1900

-ROCKEFELLER INCORPORATES STANDARD OIL JUNE 10, 1870.

-1872 CARNEGIE EXPANDS INTO STEEL.

1873 MARK TWAIN PUBLISHES THE GILDED AGE / GREED AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION.

-PANIC OF 1873/ A PHILADELPHIA INVESTMENT BANK TRIGGERS A NATIONWIDE FINANCIAL PANIC.

- ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL INVENTS THE TELEPHONE.

-RAILROAD STRIKE OF 1877/ SHUTS DOWN THOUSANDS OF MILES OF TRACK.

-1881 GARFIELD WAS ASSASSINATED.

- PENDLETON ACT IN 1883/ HOPING TO REDUCE CORRUPTION IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF GOVERNMENT JOBS.  

-KNIGHTS OF LABOR STRIKE RAILROAD/ HAD MORE THAN 700,000 MEMBERS.

- 1886 HAYMARKET RIOT./ STRIKE  FOR WORKERS IN HAYMARKET SQUARE ENDS WITH A BOMB.

-AMERICAN FEDERATION  OF LABOR  FOUNDED/ SAMUEL GOMPERS FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNION.

-1889 ANDREW CARNEGIES  GOSPEL OF WEALTH/ OUTLINES SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND SOCIAL BENEFITS OF VAST PERSONAL WEALTH.

- HOMESTEAD STEEL STRIKE/ SHUTS DOWN THE FACTORY AND LOCKS OUT ITS EMPLOYEES WHEN NEGOTIATIONS WITH RESENTATIVES FROM THE AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION OF STEEL AND IRON WORKERS BREAK DOWN.

- PULLMAN STRIKE 1894/ PULLMAN REFUSES TO REDUCE RENTS IN THE COMPANY HOUSING TO MATCH ANNOUNCED WAGE CUTS.

KEY PEOPLE

-ANDREW CARNEGIE- SCOTTISH AMERICAN OWNER OF CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY.

- JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER- FOUNDER OF STANDARD OIL COMPANY.

-CORNELIUS VANDERBILT- STEAMBOAT AND RAILROAD, LAID THOUSANDS OF MILES OF RAILROAD TRACKS.

Thesis

In the late 1870’s began the time period known as the Gilded Age. The Gilded Age was an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West, but also much social conflict. From 1870 to 1900, many big business such as George Pullman’s with the invention of the sleeping car and Andrew Carnegie’s steel had control over the economy and their workers. Therefore in response, the Americans formed labor unions to fight for their rights.

THE ISSUE OF TERRITORIAL EXPANSION SPARKED CONSIDERABLE DEBATE IN THE PERIOD 1800-1855.

ANALYZE THIS DEBATE AND EVALUATE THE INFLUENCE OF BOTH SUPPORTERS AND OPPONENTS OF TERRITORIAL EXPANSION IN SHAPING FEDERAL POLICY.

BACKGROUND ON THE MANIFEST DESTINY

The term manifest destiny originated in the 1840s. It expressed the belief that it was Anglo-Saxon Americans’ providential mission to expand their civilization and institutions across the breadth of North America. This expansion would involve not merely territorial aggrandizement but the progress of liberty and individual economic opportunity as well.

TIMELINE

Louisiana Purchase 1803

Purchase of Florida

22 Feb 1819

Oregon Territory

18 Jun 1846

Mexican Cession (War with Mexico)

2 Feb 1848

Mexican and U.S. negotiators (Trist) sign the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, it is ratified by the U.S. Senate on March 10th and by Mexican Congress on May 25th.

Annexation of Texas

29 Dec 1845

KEY

ANDREW JACKSON 1829-1837

1838 TRAIL OF TEARS

1836 TEXAS REVOLUTION

1848 GOLD DISCOVERED IN CALIFORNIA

1833 SANTA ANNA ELECTED PRESIDENT OF MEXICO

Thesis:

FROM 1800-1855 THE MANIFEST DESTINY INFLUENCE THE UNITED STATES IN ACCOMPLISHING MANY TERRITORIAL EXPANSIONS SUCH AS THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE OF 1803, THE PURCHASE OF FLORIDA 1819, THE OREGON TERRITORY, AND THE MEXICAN CESSION. CONSEQUENTLY, DUE TO THIS ACQUIRING OF NEW LAND THERE WAS MANY SUPPORTERS AND OPPONENTS LEADING TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT’S ACTIONS SHAPING THE COUNTRY AS IT IS TODAY.

1ST PARAGRAPH SUPPORTER

UNITED STATES HOPED IN OPENING GATEWAY OF TRADE TO THE PACIFIC

OUR JOB AS SONS OF GOD TO EXPAND ACROSS THE CONTINENT

2ND PARAGRAPH OPPONENT

BELIEVED THAT NOT ALL PEOPLE(MEXICANS) WERE CAPABLE OF LIVING UNDER A DEMOCRACY

TRAIL OF TEARS 1830S

PEOPLE WOULD ALL LEAVE TO THE WEST

Vietnam war.

Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW): Javi
NAPALM: Javi
If you were assigned a character you will answer the following questions in your blog with a picture in 3 paragraphs.
A. What did the organization or honored guest do?
B. Why were they formed /Why did they do what they did?
C. What were some of the specific things the character did to educate people about or to end the war?
D. How did the character think the Vietnam War should be ended? Why is that the best way?
E. What were some of the problems or criticisms with the character?

The Vietnam Veterans Against the War was an organization formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1971. This organization was created by veterans returning from the war in Vietnam. The expressed the everyday brutality that American soldiers were forced to use against civilians. They were formed so that they can speak their thoughts out about the war. Many thought what they did in the war was wrong and therefore they had to inform the rest of the nation. 

Many of these veterans testified before a public hearing about war crimes and atrocities they had witnessed or participated in. To get the word out they also held protest and marches. Since little attention was paid to them bu the media or politicians they marched down to Washington D.C. They would scream out the names of their dead comrades. 

The hope of the Vietnam Veterans Against War was that by bringing to light the daily horrors of combat in Vietnam, average everyday citizens could not help but be moved into action that would end the war. So the veterans were against the war and wish to bring it to an end with peace. They wish that many soldiers like their comrades would not get killed and for everyone to just withdraw from the war.

If you were assigned an Event or situation you need to summarize the event add primary source analysis, and include a video of the event or situation in 3 paragraphs.

NAPALM BOMBING 

In the 1960s Dow Pharmaceutical Company created a new chemical called Napalm.  Napalm is

a jelly substance that burns. Once Put into a bomb, with  upon contact

it will would explode, covering everything and everyone with this flaming

jelly substance. If it covered your body, it would be stuck to you and

could not be removed. It would literally burn your body until it was

gone. The  bombing of North Vietnam was codenamed

Operation Rolling Thunder.

During the Vietnam War as part of the strategic bombing campaign known as Operation Rolling Thunder, U.S. military aircraft attacked targets throughout North Vietnam from March 1965 to October 1968. This  bombardment was intended to put military pressure on North Vietnam’s Communist leaders and reduce their capacity to wage war against the U.S.-supported government of South Vietnam. Operation Rolling Thunder marked the first sustained American assault on North Vietnamese territory and was a major expansion of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Historians differ in their assessments of the strategic value of Operation Rolling Thunder.

The effects of napalm on the human body are unbearably painful and almost always cause death among its victims. “Napalm is the most terrible pain you can ever imagine” said Kim Phúc, a survivor from a napalm bombing. “Water boils at 212°F. Napalm generates temperatures 1,500°F to 2,200°F.” Kim Phúc sustained third degree burns to portions of her body. She was one of the only survivors of such extreme measures