unit 6 1865-1898

Question 1

Haymarket Square Riot

Answer 1

context: movement advocating
for shorter work days
bomb exploded at a labor rally
-led to anti-labor sentiment: unions seens as radical and violent and anti immigrant sentiment

Question 2

The Dawes Act

Answer 2

1887

assimilation policy: native americans into american society
-break up tribal lands and allot plots to native individuals
loss of tribal lands
undermined autonomy and rights of native americans

Question 3

The Interstate Commerce Act

Answer 3

1887
power of federal government to regulate interstate commerce
regulation of railroads

Question 4

Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 and Mckinley tariff

Answer 4

regulates buisness practices to ensure fair competition
and
increase import taxes to protexr american buisesses from foreign competition

Question 5

social darwinism

Answer 5

set of beliefs that explained and justified how a small group of business and industrial leaders could accumulate such great wealth

individuals and corporations are always engaged in ruthless struggle for profit in which only the fit survive and succeed

carnegie and rockefeller believe this and it is a reward for hard work and talent

Question 6

Wounded Knee Masacre

Answer 6

1890
end of indian wars
brutal end of native american resistance - turnign point

Question 7

pullman strike

Answer 7

1894
strike on railroads nationwide: railroades shut down

highlighted growing tension and power of labor movement

increasing role of federal government in labor disputes, limitations placed on labor organizations by courts

caused by wage cuts and increased work hours during economic depression of 1893

Question 8

Plessy V. Ferguson

Answer 8

“seperate but equal” legalized racial segregation
became corner stone of Jim Crow Laws
1896

Question 9

Emergence of Populist party

Answer 9

late 1880s early 1890s: response to the grievances of farmers and laborers

demanded govt control over the railroads and the free coinage of silver

Question 10

Industrialization

Answer 10

america became a leading industrial power due to rides in big buisness (Carnegie and Rockefeller)

Question 11

The Gilded Age

Answer 11

rapid economic growth and social inequality
-accumilation of wealh Carnegie (Steel) and Rockefeller (Oil)
-poverty and labor conflicts

Question 12

Migration in this Period

Answer 12

major westward expanison

Question 13

Immigration in this period

Answer 13

Increased immigration from europe and asia caused population growth, urban areas, nativist movements

Question 14

reform movements

Answer 14

populist movement and progressive era - period of reform driven by a desire to improve society, progressives addressed issues like urban poverty, political corruption, and the exploitative nature of large corporation

Question 15

What rose in this period

Answer 15

middle class (entertainment, leisue time)
New intellectual and culture movements (social Darwinism and Gospel fo Wealth - philosophy arguing that the wealthy have a moral obligation to use their surplus wealth for the betterment of society)