The Crisis of the 1890’s

I.              The Course and Cost of Rapid Industrialization

a.                       Urbanization and The Crisis of the Cities

b.                       Mass Production and The Decline of Skilled Labor

c.                        The Problems with Agriculture

d.                       Rich and Poor

II.        Defenders of Laissez-Faire

a.                       Social Darwinism

b.                       The Gospel of Wealth

III.   The Reform Impulse Begins

a.                       Reform Darwinism

b.                       Socialism

c.                        The Rise of Unions

                                                          i.      The Knights of Labor

                                                      ii.      The American Federation of Labor

d.                       Agricultural Discontent

                                                          i.      The Grange Movement

                                                      ii.      Farmer’s Alliance

                                                   iii.      The Populist Party

e.                       The Closing of the Frontier

IV. The Spanish American War