0:47 Go to bed, get your rest for the test. 5:03 The Gilded Age is coined by American author Mark Twain. Prosperity but also Problems John D. Rockefeller made Oil cheaper for consumers 7:15 Before The Civil War: Most People Are Farmers. After The Civil War: The backbone of the economy is Industry jobs. [Industrial Revolution jobs, factory jobs]. 9:00 To what extent was The Gilded Age Laissez-faire 10:17 Social Darwinism: Society is better off when the producers get to produce. + Rockefeller Oil makes oil available at a cheaper price + Carnegie Steel is used in Skyscrapers and Railroads, benefiting other businesses (and the construction industry, which benefits other service based businesses) 12:42 * Henry Clay: The American System* 15:54 Maybe we shouldn't be too reliant on Europe for our economy. 18:14 The Henry Clay Song NIP: National Bank, Internal Improvements, Protective Tariffs. To Defend and Aid American Businesses from European Competitors. Banks loan out money to help people start businesses If we have better infrastructure we can have a better business environment If we have tariffs, Americans can be led to buy American goods over foreign goods, keeping the spending in America. *The Progressive Era* 24:46 Government went from Gilded Age Government support for business, to Progressive Government is a response to what appears to be a government made up of business elites only, rather than all of America. 27:46 Freedom: Women's Suffrage. 28:56 Theodore Roosevelt's Pure Food and Drug Act. Meat Inspection Act. 29:02 Upton Sinclair's _The Jungle_ 30:53 _Roosevelt or Nixon, who did more for the environment?_ Richard Nixon's Clean Air and Water Act Theodore Roosevelt's Conservation and Wildlife Refuges. National Parks. 33:20 The Cold War - a major turning point in American Foreign Policy. George Washington said America should STAY OUT of European Politics. The Truman Doctrine. Containment of Soviet Communism. America is making an alliance with Western Europe. NATO. To Put a stop to USSR Communism spreading to Eastern European Nations. Greece and Turkey did not want Communism. 38:10 Dwight Eisenhower takes The Truman Doctrine and adds on defending The Middle East from Communism. 39:30 Foreign Aid: aides with money and weapons, but leaves The South Vietnamese to fight for themselves. 41:46 Reagan Rollback of Communism. When the Communists are in South America, We will oppose them. Mr Gorbachev, Tear down this wall. 44:12 Lincoln's 10% Plan: Just Abolish Slavery! 10% of Southerners pledge loyalty. 14th Amendment: Birthright Citizenship. 15th Amendment: No prevention of voting based on race, creed, or previous condition of servitude. 46:51 Confidence is Key! :) 47:54 Thank you APUSH Teachers!
