Anti-Saloon league
Gospel of wealth
Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
Populist party
Views on immigration
Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking 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.
Sioux wars
Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
NAWSA
Worked to secure voting rights for women
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
Assimilationist movement
Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
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
Panic of 1893
Ida B. Wells
Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
Andrew Carnegie
Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
Sherman antitrust act
Made monopolizing an entire market illegal
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
Indian appropriation act
congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
Interstate commerce act
Jim Crow laws
Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
National Grange movement
Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
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
Pullman strike
16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Government support for railroads
Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants
American protective association
Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
Laissez-faire economics
There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time
Bessemer process
Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
American federation of labor
Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
