Chapter 19

Economic Change and the Crisis of the 1890's

Topics from the study guide covered in this chapter:

• Chicago World's Fair
• Antitrust Movement
  • Sherman Antitrust Act
• Labor Movements
  • Haymarket Riots
  • Pullman Strike
• Farmer Movements
• Gilded Age
  • Robber Barons/Titans of Industry
• Election of 1896
  • William McKinley
  • William Jennings Bryan and his "Cross of Gold" speech
• Depression of 1893-1897
• Populist Party and "Palin the Populist"

In both chapters 19&20:

• Ethnic Middle Class
• Feminism

Check out the lecture powerpoint attached to this page! (click "files." You should see a file labeled "Chapter 19")