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
Broke up tribal organizations and divided up tribal land and gave U.S. citizenship to natives who "Americanized" themselves
Views on immigration
Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
Tammany Hall
The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Political machines
Corrupt political bosses and their followers
Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
Haymarket square riot
National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
Settlement houses
Interstate commerce act
Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
Sherman antitrust act
Made monopolizing an entire market illegal
Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
Jim Crow laws
Chinese exclusion act
Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
National Grange movement
Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
American federation of labor
Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time
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
Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
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
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
International migration society
Facilitated the migration of black people to africa
American protective association
Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
NAWSA
Assimilationist movement
Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
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.
