Wealth and Capitalism Flashcards
1
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The Gilded Age
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Industrialization, railroads Urbanization accumulation of wealth in urban industrial centers and in certain fam immense poverty, long work weeks few labor laws
2
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Horatio Alger
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“Rags to Riches”
responsibility, hard work, individualism-> economic success
3
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Problems 1890’s
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economic depression
protests/ strikes
increasing Christian attention to the labor movement
Populist resentment
4
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Russel H. Conwell
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1882- minister of Grace Baptist Church, Philadelphia successful orator- "early Mega church" Emphasized education/ community service Temple College- 1888
5
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William Jennings Bryan
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1860-1925
Lawyer/ Politician
18896- “Cross of Gold” speech
(focused on gold as Currency?)
Prez nominee for Dem
Later focus: prohibition, fundamentalism, anti- evolution
other legacy: income tax, popular election of senators, women’s suffrage
