The Gilded Age
Part I: Growth and Prosperity
Industrial and Economic Growth
The New York Central Railroad
Cornelius VanderbiltThe original Grand Central Terminal, New York
Industrial and Economic Growth
Andrew Carnegie
birthplace
Carnegie Steel Company
Industrial and Economic Growth
John D. Rockefeller
Industrial and Economic Growth
Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company
kerosene lantern
The Gilded Age
Part 2: Politics
Rutherford B. Hayes, President, 1877-1881
James A. Garfield,President, 1881
Assassinated by Charles Guiteau, July 2, 1881
Charles Guiteau, hanged June 2, 1882
Chester A. Arthur,President, 1881-1885
Signed Pendleton Civil Service Act into law
Election of 1884
Grover Cleveland, Democrat James G. Blaine, Republican
Winner
Election of 1888
Winner
Grover Cleveland, Democrat Benjamin Harrison, Republican
1890: The “Billion-Dollar Congress”
• Sherman Silver Purchase Act
• Sherman Anti-Trust Act
• McKinley Tariff
Senator John ShermanSenator William McKinley
The Populist Movement
A local Farmer’s Alliance
Election of 1892
Winner
Benjamin Harrison, Republican
Grover Cleveland, Democrat
Election of 1892
Panic of 1893
Wall Street in 1893
1896: The Democrats
Democratic National Convention, 1896
Williams Jennings Bryan
Election of 1896
William McKinley, Republican
William Jennings Bryan, Democrat
Winner