Chapter 11:
Robbers, Barons, and
Rebels
Joseph Fucci
Chs 245 OL
Professor Buelna
During this time (1887 and
beyond):
Labor was rewarded based on:
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Race
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Sex
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Nationality
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Social class
Steam and Electricity replaced
jobs and increased efficiency
Certain industries
were made
possible due to:
 The manufacture of ice
 The telephone

The adding machine
Railroads also became a big
industry..
However, many railroads were built with blood, sweet, and
dirty politics.
The monopolization of industries
bred many wealthy business men
Few notables:
 J.P Morgan
 John D Rockefeller
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Bought Andrew
Carnegies Steel company
- Oil company flourished
under Rockefeller
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Created the “US Steel
corporation”
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J.P Morgan Chase
 Andrew Carneige
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Made his fortune through steel
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Replicated “Bessemer Process”
In 1884 Grover Cleveland became
President
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He vastly supported large companies
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Did not aid Texan farmers upon request
1889-1893 Benjamin Harrison was
President
 During his Presidency:
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He passed the “Sherman
Anti Trust” act
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It forbade combinations
in restraint of trade
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Was used to curb labor
unions or labor
combination
The 14th Amendment was initially
created to help freed slaves..
 However, it started to be used as a way to protect
corporations
- corporations used it to call themselves “people” in
court, granted them the right of due process
Education was also
spreading and becoming
easily accessible
However, governments used schoolhouses to prepare
children to uphold the system
Immigrants were pouring in..
Revolutionary talks were taking place, while at the same
time, many resented and rioted against the Immigrants.
Unions were being formed
as a way to fight against
unjust treatment.
Many women were also joining
the “Knights of Labor”
In 1893 banks crashed and the
United States entered into “The
Great Depression”
 Also, in 1860-1910 The US Army succeeded in removing
“Indians” from the Great Planes leaving the area wide
open for rail roads.
During this time we had a large
Baby Boom where the population
grew at a rapid rate
As a result we needed more food, obviously
Inventions that helped farming
grow to industrious scales
 Steel Plows
 Mowing Machines
 Reapers
 Harvesters
 Improved cotton gins
Farmers were pilling up
enormous debt
 To cure this, Charles Macune pushed forward the sub
treasury plan were the United States would have
warehouses of farm produce, in which farmers
contributed to it. These farmers would then receive
certificates for their produce.
Racism started to intensify
 Elections were being affected
 Politicians were dividing the people
 Patriotism was needed to hold the country together
 Two years after McKinley became president, America
declared war against Spain