Gilded Age Fact Test Flashcards
Where did the name gilded age come from
book by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
by 1880, economy was growing at what percentage
3.8
by 1893, how many miles of rail were there
200,000
when was the northern pacific railroad completed
1883
what was the annual steel production in 1900
60 million tons
what was the bessemer process
allowed mass production of good quality steel - adopted by carnegie
when and where did carnegie first establish his steel works
Pennsylvania mid-1870s
when did carnegie consolidate his steel companies into Carnegie Steel Company
1892
when did rockerfeller found standard oil
1870
when was the ‘cleveland massacre’
1872
when was standard oil trust established
1882
describe the 1877 national railroad strike
owners of baltimore and ohio railroad announced a pay cut in 1877 and so workers went on strike - spread to pittsburg
what were the damages of the 1877 railroad strike
500 train cars burned
104 locomotives burned
39 buildings burned
25 killed
$10 million property destroyed
how many members did the knights of labor have
100,000 in 1885
eventually 750,000
describe a knights of labor success
at Wabash railroad, they tried to break up a union so the knights walked out and they forced a deal
describe the haymarket bomb outrage
strikes broke out in chicago in may 1886, and there were battles between strikers and police
how many were killed by the bomb at haymarket
6 dead
60 injured
describe the AFL
samuel gompers was the leader who set it up in 1885, learnt from mistakes of KoL
how many members did the AFL have by 1892
250,000
how much did steel production increase from 1870 to 1900
1m to 12m tonnes
how much did the population of new york increase from 1870-1910
405%
how much did the african american population increase from 1870 to 1900
4.4m to 7.9m
what percentage of black farmers owned their land by 1910
25%
how much did the black population increase in the north and west
460k to 910k
how many states introduced formal segregation 1887-91
8
how many states had civil rights statutes by 1895
17
how many african americans were lynched between 1882 and 1890
2.5k
when did ida b wells attack the lynchings
1892 - she exposed the lawlessness of it and it resulted in the news office being destroyed by a mob
what was the first education bill for african americans
it would have been one delivered by senator henry w blair which would have given millions of dollars to white and black schools, but it was rejected by congress in 1882
