Gilded Age Review

Govt provides subsidies to RR in the form of land grants--promoted the building of transcontinental railroads

Very restrictive immigration legislation passed in 1924, which lowered immigration to 3 percent of each nationality as found in the 1890 census. This lowered immigration dramatically and, quite intentionally, almost eliminated immigration f

a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York city (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism

(1886) Chicago police advanced on a meeting that had been called to protest supposed brutalities by authorities. Dynamite bomb thrown and dozens were killed. Knights of labor were blamed for this incident, and lost public support

the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

(1882) Denied any additional Chinese laborers to enter the country while allowing students and merchants to immigrate.

What are 2 causes of idustrialization

Practice where a single entity controls the entire process of a product, from the raw materials to distribution

Type of monopoly where a company buys out all of its competition. Ex. Rockefeller

2 examples of Problems in Cities

In 1876, Indian leaders Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse defeated Custer's troops who tried to force them back on to the reservation, Custer and all his men died

An influential banker and businessman who bought and reorganized companies. His US Steel company would buy Carnegie steel and become the largest business in the world in 1901

applied “survival of the fittest” principles to human society

1886; founded by Samuel Gompers; sought better wages, hrs, working conditions; skilled laborers, arose out of dissatisfaction with the Knights of Labor, rejected socialist and communist ideas, non-violent.

In the late 1800s collective bargaining was a technique used by labor unions to

a Native American movement that called for a return to traditional ways of life and challenged white dominance in society

1889; former Indian lands; opened up for settlement, resulting in a race to lay claim for a homestead

Captain of Industry in charge of railroad and steamship lines

restricted immigration by requiring immigrants to be able to read and write a language

the founder of Hull House, which provided English lessons for immigrants, daycares, and child care classes

1887 law that distributed reservation land to individual Native American owners

mass killing by U.S. soldiers of as many as 300 unarmed Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1890

Passed in 1883, an Act that created a federal civil service so that hiring and promotion would be based on merit rather than patronage.

A Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in steel and donated most of his profits.

Captain of industry that created a monopoly in oil refineries

President Hayes used federal troops to stop the violence and end the strike that shut down 2/3 of the nations railroads

A political boss who carried corruption to new extremes, leader of Tammany Hall

A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.

labor union that sought to organize all workers and focused on broad social reforms; failed to bring about change due to public reaction after the Haymarket Incident