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
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Massive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods
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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
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
Sioux wars Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
NAWSA Worked to secure voting rights for women
Labor unions
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
National Grange movement Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
Tammany Hall
Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
Settlement houses Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
International migration society Facilitated the migration of black people to africa
Indian appropriation act congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
Women's Christian Temperance Union Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members
Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
Debates over money
Government support for railroads
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.
Panic of 1893
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Dawes act
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John D. Rockefeller Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
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
Interstate commerce act Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
Assimilationist movement Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
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
Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
Andrew Carnegie Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
Made monopolizing an entire market illegal
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
Andrew Carnegie
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Frozen!
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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
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
Growth of immigration 16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Knights of labor National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
Frozen!
Frozen!
Anti-Saloon league Worked to close down saloons
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
Government support for railroads Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants
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
Homestead act Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
Worked to secure voting rights for women
Haymarket square riot
Tammany Hall The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
Jim Crow laws Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
Assimilationist movement Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
Debates over money
Made monopolizing an entire market illegal
Gospel of wealth Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
Women's Christian Temperance Union Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members
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International migration society Facilitated the migration of black people to africa
Laissez-faire economics There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time
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 Indian nations were assigned land called reservations. However this land was much less than before, and many decided to just keep following buffalo
Bessemer process
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
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.
Political machines Corrupt political bosses and their followers
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