Gilded Age Progress 1875-1896

Question 1

Progress 1875-1896 for African Americans (5)

Answer 1

• Georgia AA’s built 1,544 schools educating 11,000 students
• All black Universities - Tuskgee etc ‘black Ivy league’
• All black towns - California, Dearfield etc
• African American lawmen e.g. Bass Reeves
• By 1900 1/2 AA’s could read c.w. 1/25 1865

Question 2

Progress 1875-1896 for Native Americans (5)

Answer 2

• New jobs in Indian Agency offices, scout for army/translator
• Battle of Little Bighorn 1876 changed some white American attitudes - change in approach
• Navajo tribe grown their flock of 15,000 sheep by 1892 had reached 1.7 million
• Dawes Act 1887 - Male NA’s became landowners
• Reservations helped to preserve Native American culture and tribal life

Question 3

Progress 1875-1896 for Workers (5)

Answer 3

• Sickness Clubs if workers were ill
• Women made 35% of the workforce
• Average annual wage - $380 –> $560
• KOL Wabash Railroad 1886 - focused & secured improvements
• Wages rose dramatically- some skilled seeing 60% wage rise

Question 4

Progress 1875-1896 for Women (5)

Answer 4

• Number of domestic women servants fell by half 1870-1900
• By 1880 WCTU grown to 27,000 in 24 states.
• Average family size decreased in this period
• By 1890, more female high-school graduates than male
• Mary Harris Jones - organising support for miner strikes

Question 5

In paragraph 4 what factors do you need to comment on wether the interpretation has been oversimplified, exaggerated or ignored? [6]

Answer 5

• A specific time period (e.g. only 1890’s)
• Economic factors (position of a group)
• Political factors (who’s in power?)
• Social factors
• A specific group/movement/person
• A specific casual factor