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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Knights of labor
Bessemer process Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
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
National Grange movement
NAWSA Worked to secure voting rights for women
Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
Laissez-faire economics There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time
Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war
Sherman antitrust act Made monopolizing an entire market illegal
Assimilationist movement Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
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.
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
Anti-Saloon league Worked to close down saloons
Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
Political machines
Women's Christian Temperance Union Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members
American protective association Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
Great railroad strike
Railroads
congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
Settlement houses Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
Dawes act Broke up tribal organizations and divided up tribal land and gave U.S. citizenship to natives who "Americanized" themselves
Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
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.
The new south
White collar workers
Views on immigration Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
International migration society Facilitated the migration of black people to africa
Andrew Carnegie Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
Andrew Carnegie Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
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.
Political machines Corrupt political bosses and their followers
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
Labor unions
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
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Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war
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Jim Crow laws
Populist party
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
Laissez-faire economics There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time
John D. Rockefeller
Indian appropriation act congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
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
Sioux wars Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them
American protective association Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
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.
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
Chinese exclusion act Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
Settlement houses Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
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
Railroads
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Government support for railroads
Tammany Hall The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
Sherman antitrust act Made monopolizing an entire market illegal
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 Worked to close down saloons
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