Worked to close down saloons
Laissez-faire economics
There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time
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
Views on immigration
Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
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
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
American protective association
Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
Populist party
Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
Labor unions
The new south
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.
Ida B. Wells
Railroads
Tammany Hall
The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
Growth of immigration
Corrupt political bosses and their followers
Chinese exclusion act
Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
Andrew Carnegie
Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
Made monopolizing an entire market illegal
Interstate commerce act
Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
Settlement houses
Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
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.
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
American federation of labor
Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
Great railroad strike
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
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
Assimilationist movement
