APUSH Unit 6 (1865-1898) duel

Sherman antitrust act

Dawes act

Chinese exclusion act Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.

Railroads Massive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods

The new south

Bessemer process

Facilitated the migration of black people to africa

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

Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society

American protective association

Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants

Corrupt political bosses and their followers

Views on immigration Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers

NAWSA Worked to secure voting rights for women

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

Populist party

Anti-Saloon league

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

By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled

Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war

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

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

Jim Crow laws

Settlement houses Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women

Great railroad strike

White collar workers

Assimilationist movement

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

Workers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions

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.

International migration society

Railroads

Debates over money

Gospel of wealth Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society

Labor unions

Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.

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

Anti-Saloon league

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.

Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

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

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

Changes in farming

National Grange movement

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

American protective association Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists

American federation of labor

White collar workers

Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war

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

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

Views on immigration Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers

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

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

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

Ida B. Wells Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her

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

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

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