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 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 Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel 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 16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts

Settlement houses International migration society Pullman strike Sherman antitrust act

Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them 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 Worked to secure voting rights for women

Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members 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 Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers