NAWSA Worked to secure voting rights for women
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Frozen!
Sioux wars
Idea that the future of the south would be based on economic diversity and industrial growth. Massive growth of population, industry, and railroads. Only in limited industrial centers though.
Populist party
Railroads Massive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods
Booker T. Washington former 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
Jim Crow laws Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
Chinese exclusion act
Farmers 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
Assimilationist movement Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
Women's Christian Temperance Union Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members
The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them
Labor unions Workers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
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.
Anarchists 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
Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
Made monopolizing an entire market illegal
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Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
Gospel of wealth
16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Knights of labor National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
John D. Rockefeller
Great railroad strike Railroad 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
A new focus on cash-crops in the north and west, and a shift to more expensive mechanized farming methods put smaller farms out of business. Big trusts that farmers relied on (like railroads) also raised prices, making it even harder for farmers to make a living
Andrew Carnegie
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
Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants
Interstate commerce act
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Boost!
Laissez-faire economics There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time
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
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Frozen!
John D. Rockefeller Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
The new south Idea that the future of the south would be based on economic diversity and industrial growth. Massive growth of population, industry, and railroads. Only in limited industrial centers though.
Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
Interstate commerce act Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
Indian appropriation act
Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
White collar workers All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them
Homestead act Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
Growth of immigration 16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Political machines Corrupt political bosses and their followers
Anarchists 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
Ghost dance movement nationwide 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.
Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war
Wanted to correct the concentration of power held by banks and trusts. Proposed the Omaha platform: Direct election of senators, more referendums, graduated income tax, and an 8-hour workday
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Frozen!
Sherman antitrust act Made monopolizing an entire market illegal
Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
NAWSA Worked to secure voting rights for women
Dawes act Broke up tribal organizations and divided up tribal land and gave U.S. citizenship to natives who "Americanized" themselves
Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
Ida B. Wells Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
Changes in farming A new focus on cash-crops in the north and west, and a shift to more expensive mechanized farming methods put smaller farms out of business. Big trusts that farmers relied on (like railroads) also raised prices, making it even harder for farmers to make a living
Great railroad strike
Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
Booker T. Washington former 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
Knights of labor
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By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
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