Government support for railroads Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants
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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.
Knights of labor
Laissez-faire economics
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Sioux wars Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
Interstate commerce act Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
Indian nations were assigned land called reservations. However this land was much less than before, and many decided to just keep following buffalo
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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
Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war
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.
Haymarket square riot 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
Andrew Carnegie Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
Bessemer process
Political machines
Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
Pendleton Act 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
Sherman antitrust act
Jim Crow laws Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
American protective association Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
American federation of labor Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
Worked to secure voting rights for women
Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
Debates over money 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
International migration society
Ida B. Wells
Dawes act Broke up tribal organizations and divided up tribal land and gave U.S. citizenship to natives who "Americanized" themselves
Railroads Massive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods
Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
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Facilitated the migration of black people to africa
Tammany Hall The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
Panic of 1893
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Pendleton Act 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
Made monopolizing an entire market illegal
Debates over money 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
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Government support for railroads
Interstate commerce act Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
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
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.
Labor unions Workers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
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
Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
The new south
Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
American protective association Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
Booker T. Washington
Pullman strike
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
Indian appropriation act congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
National Grange movement
Knights of labor National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
Political machines Corrupt political bosses and their followers
Ida B. Wells Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
Dawes act
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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