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.
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Worked to close down saloons
Reservation system
Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
Great railroad strike
Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
Sherman antitrust act Made monopolizing an entire market illegal
Pendleton Act
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
NAWSA Worked to secure voting rights for women
There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time
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
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Bessemer process Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
The new south
Growth of immigration 16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Jim Crow laws Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
International migration society Facilitated the migration of black people to africa
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Women's Christian Temperance Union
American protective association Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
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Government support for railroads Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants
Indian appropriation act congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
White collar workers
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.
Corrupt political bosses and their followers
Dawes act Broke up tribal organizations and divided up tribal land and gave U.S. citizenship to natives who "Americanized" themselves
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
Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
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
Ida B. Wells Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
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
Knights of labor National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
American federation of labor Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
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
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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
All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them
Railroads
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
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.
16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Dawes act
Andrew Carnegie Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
John D. Rockefeller Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
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Jim Crow laws
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.
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Interstate commerce act Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
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International migration society Facilitated the migration of black people to africa
Gospel of wealth Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
Laissez-faire economics There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time
Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
Views on immigration Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
Labor unions Workers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
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
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
Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
Indian appropriation act congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
Pendleton Act 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
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
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