Chinese exclusion actNativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
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International migration societyFacilitated the migration of black people to africa
Sioux warsSioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
Settlement houses
Reservation systemIndian nations were assigned land called reservations. However this land was much less than before, and many decided to just keep following buffalo
There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time
Knights of labor
Government support for railroads
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
Labor unionsWorkers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
Jim Crow laws
Bessemer processEnabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
Pullman strike
Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war
Growth of immigration
RailroadsMassive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods
Tammany HallThe most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
Women's Christian Temperance UnionWorked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members
The new southIdea 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.
Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
Views on immigrationFeared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
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
American protective associationHeavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
Populist partyWanted 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
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
Changes in farming
Interstate commerce actRequired railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
Political machinesCorrupt political bosses and their followers
Debates over moneyFarmers 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
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
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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
Anti-Saloon leagueWorked to close down saloons
Panic of 1893A 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.
Women's Christian Temperance UnionWorked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members
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Tammany HallThe most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
National Grange movementSocial and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
Labor unions
International migration societyFacilitated the migration of black people to africa
Homestead actGave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
Interstate commerce act
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American federation of laborGrew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
Chinese exclusion actNativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
Ida B. Wells
Growth of immigration16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Political machines
Sioux warsSioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
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.
Debates over moneyFarmers 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
Jim Crow lawsForced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
Changes in farming
Populist party
All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them
Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants
Gospel of wealth
National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
Haymarket square riotAnarchists 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