Additional Terms Flashcards
Andrew Carnegie
Steel Magnate that owned steel mills and A Gilded Age elite
- supported social Darwinsim and society structued was “law”
- “gospel of wealth” inequality was good but some rich than all poor
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
Caused a new wave of organizing and strikes, labor conflicts (WV, PA, NY, MA, IL, MO)
- violently suppressed after 45 days and hundreds of deaths due to milita, federal troops, and National Guard
- convinced workers the need to organize and Union membership increased
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Company that provided agents to work as strikebreakers
supported by police and state militias
Haymarket Affair
Used to justify further supression of labor organizing, leading to the collapse of eight-hour movement
- helped Americans associate unionism with radicalism
Farmer’s Alliance
Challenging the effects of industriliazation on farmers, corresponding rise of urban organized labor
- became widespread in the South
- farmers who were enraged at America’s political and economic system and wanted to restore power
- enabled farmets to get higher prices for crops and lower prices for goods purchased
People’s Party (Populists)
Challenging the effects of industriliazation on farmers, corresponding rise of urban organized labor
- posed a serious political challenge to the domination of the Democratic Party
Omaha Platform
Radical document that proposed deep changes to the American political economy, counter monopolisitc captialism with modern federal government
- created powerful Federal gov answering power of businesses and new monopolists
- Nationalization of banks was NOT part of this document
William Jennings Bryan
Championed new populist spirit as a Democratic representation and as a nominee for President 3 times
- forcefully pushed a bimetallic standard for US currency to address problems of struggling farmers
(allowed convertible gold AND silver)
William McKinley
Republican nominee that won electrion against Bryan
- populist ideas abosrbed into Democratic Party, leading to the END of People’s Party as a major political force
Sand Creek Massacre
Cheyenne and Arapho women and children condemned and celebrated by troops under John M. Chivinton
- Dakota lost reservation lands and moved father west
- massacre of Cheyenne and Arapho people in Colorado leading to new attempts to develop a peaceful Federal Indian Policy
