congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
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Views on immigration
Women's Christian Temperance UnionWorked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members
Andrew CarnegiePioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
NAWSAWorked to secure voting rights for women
Anti-Saloon league
American protective associationHeavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
Indian nations were assigned land called reservations. However this land was much less than before, and many decided to just keep following buffalo
American federation of laborGrew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
Dawes act
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Pullman strike
Knights of labor
Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
Assimilationist movement
John D. Rockefeller
Changes in farmingA 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
Laissez-faire economics
Growth of immigration16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
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International migration societyFacilitated the migration of black people to africa
White collar workers
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.
Ghost dance movementnationwide 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.
Sioux warsSioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
Settlement houses
Debates over money
Government support for railroadsRailroads supported by the government through money and land grants
Corrupt political bosses and their followers
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
Railroads
Interstate commerce act
Knights of laborNational union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
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Dawes actBroke up tribal organizations and divided up tribal land and gave U.S. citizenship to natives who "Americanized" themselves
Workers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
Anti-Saloon leagueWorked to close down saloons
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.
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
RailroadsMassive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods
Jim Crow laws
16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
White collar workersAll the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them
Changes in farming
Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war
Andrew CarnegiePioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
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.
Bessemer process
Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
Indian appropriation act
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Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
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Women's Christian Temperance Union
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.
Pullman strikeAfter 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
Tammany HallThe most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
Settlement housesProvided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
John D. Rockefeller
Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
American protective association
Gospel of wealthAndrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
Government support for railroads
There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time