APUSH Unit 6 (1865-1898) duel

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

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

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

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

Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.

Railroads

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

Worked to close down saloons

Laissez-faire economics There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time

Jim Crow laws Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

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

Reservation system Indian nations were assigned land called reservations. However this land was much less than before, and many decided to just keep following buffalo

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

NAWSA

Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war

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

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

American protective association

National Grange movement

American federation of labor Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes

Populist party

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.

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

Corrupt political bosses and their followers

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

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

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

Booker T. Washington

Sherman antitrust act Made monopolizing an entire market illegal

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

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

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

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

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

Jim Crow laws Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

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

American protective association Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists

Political machines Corrupt political bosses and their followers

Broke up tribal organizations and divided up tribal land and gave U.S. citizenship to natives who "Americanized" themselves

Tammany Hall

Chinese exclusion act

Women's Christian Temperance Union

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

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

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

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.

Anti-Saloon league

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.

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

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

Labor unions

Panic of 1893 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.

Changes in farming

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

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

NAWSA Worked to secure voting rights for women

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