Period 6: 1865-1898 Flashcards
Munn v Illinois
1877
if interest of public good, then states can regulate prices reasonably
Compromise of 1877
1877
Hayes becomes president, troops withdraw from South
Hall v DeCuir
1878
allowed segregation
Bland-Allison Act
1878
coined limited number of silver
Treaty of 1878
1878
get rights to Pago- Pago, Samoa
Electric light
invented 1879
Thomas Edison
Knights of Labor goes public
1879
President Powderly
no strike stand
both skilled and unskilled
too diverse
Dust Bowl
begins 1880
Election of 1880
Garfield (Rep) defeats Hancock (Dem)
Garfield dies - VP Chester Arthur becomes President
Tuskegee Institute
founded 1881
A Century of Dishonor
1881
written by Helen Hunt
Chinese Exclusion Act
1882
European Restriction Act
1882
Brooklyn Bridge completed
1883
Civil Rights Cases
1883
allowed individual discrimination
Jim Crow laws
more passed 1883
Election of 1884
Cleveland (Dem) defeats Blaine (Rep)
The American Federation of Labor
1886 founded by Gompers
for skilled only (no women/blacks)
dealt only with labor
used strikes
Interstate Commerce Act
1886
regulated RR and private business
Haymarket Incident
1886
peaceful turned violent
people think unions are radical
Interstate Commerce Commission
1887
forbid long haul / short haul practices
American Protective Association
1887
Anti-Catholic
Dawes Severalty Act
1887
government break up land individually
break up farms
failed
Election of 1888
Harrison (Rep) defeats Cleveland (Dem)
Hull House
1889 founded by Jane Addams
Berlin Conference
1889
US, Britain, Germany agree to joint protection of Samoa - doesn’t work
1st Pan American Conference
1889
trade agreement
Bering Sea Controversey
1889
over seals
North American Women’s Suffrage Association
founded 1890
Sherman Antitrust Act
1890
“Trusts in restraint of trade are illegal”
Wounded Knee
1890
Indians revolt to outlawing the sacred ghost dance
Last Indian war
Sherman Silver Purchase Act
1890
govt buts silver but doesn’t coin
curb inflation
McKinley Tariff Act
1890
raises tariffs
The Homestead Strike
1892
at Carnegie Steel
Pinkerton guards ad troops put down strike
Miners strike
1892
Idaho
General Electric Company
formed 1892
Populist Omaha Platform
1892
8hr work day
nationalization of RR
inflation
coinage of silver
anti-rich capitalist
decrease tariff
Election of 1892
Cleveland (Rep) defeats Harrison (Dem) and Weaver (Populist)
Depression of 1893
1893
Sherman Silver Purchase Act repealed
1893
devalued gold
Pullman Strike
1894
Pullman Co. controls prices but fires workers - American Railway Union strikes
Coxey’s Army marches on Washington
1894
for unemployment relief
US v EC Knight Company
1895
difference between manufacturing and commerce
manufacturing doesn’t fall under anti-Trust Act
Pollack v Farmer’s Loan and Trust Co.
1995
income tax is unconstitutional
In reDebs
1895
strikes are a restraint of trade under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Atlanta Compromise
1895
Booker T Washington
booth races must accept and help each other
blacks have to earn rights
Plessy v Ferguson
1896
“Separate but Equal”
Election of 1896
McKinley (Rep) defeats Bryan (Dem)
Cross of Gold Speech
1896
William Jennings Bryan
Dingley Tariff
1897
raises tax on duties
