Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
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Reservation systemIndian nations were assigned land called reservations. However this land was much less than before, and many decided to just keep following buffalo
Facilitated the migration of black people to africa
Political appointments were very corrupt after a guy shot the president because he didn't get a job, congress passed the Pendleton Act, which created an exam that was used for deciding who would get a job
Populist party
National Grange movement
Ghost dance movementnationwide movement of resistance. They began to believe that if they took up the ritualistic ghost dance, that their ancestors would return and drive the Americans out.
Great railroad strikeRailroad companies cut salaries due to a recession. Railroad workers went on strike in 11 states. When the strike got violent, 11 people were killed before President Hayes sent in federal troops
Haymarket square riotAnarchists set off a bomb during a Knights of labor protest in Chicago for an 8-hour workweek. Many people began to see the labor movement as violent and radical
Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
Sherman antitrust actMade monopolizing an entire market illegal
Labor unionsWorkers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
Booker T. Washingtonformer slave who trained other black men to become economically self-sufficient, and argued this was a better way to gain power than to campaign for better voting rights
NAWSAWorked to secure voting rights for women
Gospel of wealthAndrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
Bessemer process
Anti-Saloon leagueWorked to close down saloons
Ida B. Wells
All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them
Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Laissez-faire economics
Tammany Hall
Indian appropriation actcongress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
Settlement houses
Women's Christian Temperance UnionWorked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members
Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
Debates over moneyFarmers wanted to print more money so they could more easily pay back their debts, but the bankers and the wealthy wanted to keep the U.S. Dollar on the gold standard
A severe economic depression during which nearly a quarter of railroads declared bankruptcy. This caused bankers to buy up many of the railroads, leading to consolidation.
Laissez-faire economicsThere was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time
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Chinese exclusion actNativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war
After a railroad car manufacturer cut wages, and the union tried to negotiate, the company failed them all. The railroad union decided to not work on any trains with Pullman cars in them. The railroad owners tied the Pullman cars to mail trains in order to get the government to keep them moving, and the union members were jailed
Political machines
Settlement housesProvided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
Great railroad strikeRailroad companies cut salaries due to a recession. Railroad workers went on strike in 11 states. When the strike got violent, 11 people were killed before President Hayes sent in federal troops
Assimilationist movement
Pendleton ActPolitical appointments were very corrupt after a guy shot the president because he didn't get a job, congress passed the Pendleton Act, which created an exam that was used for deciding who would get a job
Anti-Saloon leagueWorked to close down saloons
Broke up tribal organizations and divided up tribal land and gave U.S. citizenship to natives who "Americanized" themselves
Booker T. Washingtonformer slave who trained other black men to become economically self-sufficient, and argued this was a better way to gain power than to campaign for better voting rights
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Haymarket square riotAnarchists set off a bomb during a Knights of labor protest in Chicago for an 8-hour workweek. Many people began to see the labor movement as violent and radical
Reservation systemIndian nations were assigned land called reservations. However this land was much less than before, and many decided to just keep following buffalo
National Grange movementSocial and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
NAWSA
Ghost dance movement
Labor unionsWorkers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
International migration society
A severe economic depression during which nearly a quarter of railroads declared bankruptcy. This caused bankers to buy up many of the railroads, leading to consolidation.
Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
Government support for railroadsRailroads supported by the government through money and land grants
Debates over money
Ida B. Wells
Sioux warsSioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
Railroads
American federation of laborGrew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
Views on immigrationFeared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
Sherman antitrust actMade monopolizing an entire market illegal