Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
The new south
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Ghost dance movement
Indian appropriation act
congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
NAWSA
Worked to secure voting rights for women
Interstate commerce act
Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
Sherman antitrust act
Railroads
Massive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods
Ida B. Wells
Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
Sioux wars
Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
Andrew Carnegie
Political machines
Corrupt political bosses and their followers
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
Reservation system
Growth of immigration
Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
Chinese exclusion act
Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
Great railroad strike
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
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
Government support for railroads
Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants
Knights of labor
National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
Dawes act
Views on immigration
Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
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
Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
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
Jim Crow laws
Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
