APUSH Unit 6 (1865-1898) duel

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

Haymarket square riot

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

Laissez-faire economics

NAWSA

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

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.

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

Knights of labor

Anti-Saloon league Worked to close down saloons

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

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.

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

Sherman antitrust act Made monopolizing an entire market illegal

Facilitated the migration of black people to africa

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

Views on immigration 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

Homestead act

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

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

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

Reservation system

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

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

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

Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes

Bessemer process Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel

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

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

Railroads

Corrupt political bosses and their followers

Tammany Hall

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

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

Worked to close down saloons

By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled

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

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

Facilitated the migration of black people to africa

White collar workers

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

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

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

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

John D. Rockefeller

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

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

Sherman antitrust act Made monopolizing an entire market illegal

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

Sioux wars

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

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

Great railroad strike

American protective association

NAWSA Worked to secure voting rights for women

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

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

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

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