Studied by 6 people”New Immigrants”
From South East Europe/Formed ethnic communities
“New South”
Replaced slavery with sharecropping
American Federation of Labor
“Bread and butter” unions
Andrew Carnegie
“Gospel of Wealth”/Steel
1-Bessemer process
Steel prices fell/More metal available
Buffalo
Decimated by Anglo buffalo hunters
Cattle
Large market for beef/Through railroad industry
Chinese Exclusion Act
Not allowed to immigrate/Can’t become U.S citizens
Chinese Immigrants
California/”Took Jobs”
Coal
Led to steam power/New energy source
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Steamboats, then railroads
Corporations
Increased hours/ Cut Wages
Dawes Severalty Act
Broke apart tribes/Forced assimilation
Dumbbell tenements
Slums for “new immigrants”
Factory workers
Rebelled by performing poorly
Florence Kelley
Child labor reform
1-Gilded Age
Corruption and fraud/ Used all resources available
Gilded Age problems
Racism, corruption, and religious intolerance
Granger Movement
Challenged railroad’s power
Homestead Act
Free land in the west
Indigenous Events
Sand Creek, Little Big Horn, Wounded Knee
Interchangeable Parts
Part of the American system
Jane Addams
Settlement House, Chicago
Jim Crow Laws
Established segregation
John D. Rockefeller
“holding company and trusts”/Oil
Nativism
Hatred against immigrants
Oklahoma
Indigenous land
Plessy v. Ferguson
Legalized segregation
Populist Party
Powerful 3rd Party
1-Populist Platform
Free Silver/Direct elections/Income tax/Term limits
Republican Party
Lost power after reconstruction
1-Robber Barons
Corrupt/Philanthropists
Socialism
A way to challenge capitalism
Transcontinental Railroad
Led to westward expansion
Urbanization
Availability of city jobs
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