Chapter 16

Here are the topics from Wednesday:

Chapter 16

An Industrial Order Emerges, 1865-1880

“The United States was born in the country and has moved to the city” – Richard Hofstadter

Post Civil War economic and Social transformations

Industrialization- New industries from natural resources

Contributors to industrialization

Transformation of Agriculture

Homestead Act of 1862

Protective tariff

Land-Grant College Act 1862

Railroads and Industry

Pacific Railway Act

standard gauge

Chicago

Steel Industry

Andrew Carnegie

Politics

How Party Candidates were chosen

Political Platform

Party Tactics (Democrats and Republicans)

Party Platforms (Democrats and Republicans)

Party Voters (Democrats and Republicans)

Party Loyalists

Patronage System

Kickbacks

William Marcy Tweed

Election of 1872

Grant's Presidency

Congressional Change

Grant’s scandals

1876 Election

Rutherford B. Hayes

The United States and the World

William H. Seward and the Alaska Purchase