APUSH Unit 6 (1865-1898) duel

Haymarket square riot

John D. Rockefeller Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.

American protective association

Sioux wars Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.

Settlement houses Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women

NAWSA

Made monopolizing an entire market illegal

Homestead act

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.

Reservation system

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

Women's Christian Temperance Union Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members

The new south

International migration society Facilitated the migration of black people to africa

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

Interstate commerce act Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads

Ida B. Wells Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her

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

Gospel of wealth Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society

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

Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.

Andrew Carnegie

Political machines Corrupt political bosses and their followers

Pullman strike 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

Changes in farming

Dawes act

Views on immigration Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers

Railroads Massive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods

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

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.

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

Chinese exclusion act

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

National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts

International migration society Facilitated the migration of black people to africa

Worked to secure voting rights for women

Tammany Hall The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes

Andrew Carnegie Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process

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

Populist party 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

Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

Government support for railroads Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants

National Grange movement Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers

Settlement houses Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women

Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.

Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers

Indian appropriation act congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans

Growth of immigration 16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities

Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.

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.

Sherman antitrust act

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

Women's Christian Temperance Union

John D. Rockefeller Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.

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

The new south

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