Chapter 20 Flashcards
(19 cards)
Frederick Law Olmsted
Designed Central Park in New York and was a pioneer for making parks available to city dwellers
The Dawes Act…
Increased revenue to Native American schools
Established criteria for citizenship for Native Americans
Turned most native Americans into private property owners
The majority of new immigrants came from…
Eastern and Southern Europe
Chinese Exclusion Act
The first federal law to restrict immigration on the basis of race and class
Herbert Spencer
First major prophet of social Darwinism
Reform Darwinism
Supported by William Graham Sumner. the idea that it would be a mistake for government to interfere with natural social customs
Dynamic sociology
By Lester frank ward, on the human brain and the social evolution
Immigration
5 million in 1880s then 3.5 million in 1890s then 9 million in 1900s
Grover Cleveland
Elected in 1884
- did not support the silver movement
- for civil reform
- supported free trade over high tariffs
- signed Interstate Commerce Commission
Benjamin Harrison
- elected in 1888
- dependent pension Act
- Sherman Anti Trust Act
- Sherman Silver Purchase Act
- McKinley Tariff
James G. Blaine
The republican candidate in 1884 who was involved with the Mulligan Letters
Mugwumps
The republicans who refused to support Blaine
Problems with a gold based money supply
- encouraged deflation
- republicans suffered losses because of it
The Granger Movement
Oliver H. Kelley founded the Grange. There were “Granger” laws
Farmers Alliance
Grew out of the Grange
Colored Farmers National Alliance
Accepted women
Farm protest movement led by…
Mary Elizabeth Lease, Jerry Simpson, Thomas Watson
The populist party
Wanted unlimited coinage of silver and a progressive income tax. Also federal control of railroads and an 8 hour work day.
The depression of 1893
Railroads collapse soon followed by businesses. Coxeys army marches on Washington
