APUSH Unit 6 (1865-1898) duel

congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans

Views on immigration

Women's Christian Temperance Union Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members

Andrew Carnegie Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process

NAWSA Worked to secure voting rights for women

Anti-Saloon league

American protective association Heavily 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 labor Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes

Dawes act

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 farming A 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 immigration 16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities

International migration society Facilitated the migration of black people to africa

White collar workers

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.

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.

Sioux wars Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.

Settlement houses

Debates over money

Government support for railroads Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants

Corrupt political bosses and their followers

Haymarket square riot 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

Railroads

Interstate commerce act

Knights of labor National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts

Dawes act Broke 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 league Worked 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

Railroads Massive 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 workers All 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 Carnegie Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process

Bessemer process

Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.

Indian appropriation act

Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes

Women's Christian Temperance Union

Panic of 1893 A 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 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

Tammany Hall The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes

Settlement houses Provided 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 wealth Andrew 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

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