Sioux wars
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
Gospel of wealth
Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them
Laissez-faire economics
There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time
Labor unions
Workers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
International migration society
Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
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
Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
National Grange movement
Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants
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
Women's Christian Temperance Union
NAWSA
Worked to secure voting rights for women
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
Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
Views on immigration
Assimilationist movement
Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
Corrupt political bosses and their followers
Knights of labor
National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
Ida B. Wells
Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
American federation of labor
Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
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.
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
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.
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
