sem 2 exam 2 Flashcards
sherman antitrust act
(1890) federal legislation aimed at curbing monopolies and trusts, made it illegal to form contracts or combinations that restrained trade or commerce among states
populist party
formed in 1892 out of farmers’ grievances with economic corruption, wanted free silver, nationalized railroads, a graduated income tax, and the direct election of senators
homestead strike
(1892) violent labor conflict at carnegie steel’s homestead plant due to wage cuts, management hired pinkerton agents to break strike and caused bloody confrontation
pullman strike
(1894) strike against wage cuts and high rents in company owned housing, led by eugene v. debs, gov’t sided with business rather than labor by deploying fed troops
battle of little bighorn
(1876) sioux native ppl led by sitting bull and crazy horse refused to move from land, us army sent general custer and they attacked the sioux, custers small army is annihilated, event becomes custer’s last stand, us army launched campaigns to get sioux to move
ghost dance
spiritual movement promising buffalo resurgence and white settler disappearance
wounded knee massacre
7th us cavalry is sent to disarm the lakota sioux, erupting in violent scuffle with natives, 300 lakota are killed, 20 soldiers receive medal of honor, massacre ends major armed native american resistance to us gov’t policies
panic of 1893
led to widespread debate on us monetary policy (gold standard vs. free silver)
william jennings bryan
became nominee for democrats after delivering his cross of gold speech, created campaigning,
william mckinley
won the election of 1896 by carrying the urban and industrialized areas, election positioned the republicans as the party of big business
homer plessy (plessy v. ferguson)
challenged louisiana segregation laws by sitting in whites only car of train, scotus ruled segregation was constitutional under separate but equal, ruling legitimized jim crow, legally reinforced unequal treatment in eduacation, transportation, public spaces based on race
taylorism
(1911) promoted efficiency in industral production through studies and standardization of scientific management, caused shift to consumer based culture
urban middle class
created by mass production and emerging managerial class
horace mann
advocated for tax funded common schools to provide instruction to all children
the progressive era
(1890s-1920s) growing urbanization led to tenement housing (rlly crappy), ppl started exposing the bad conditions of workers and stuff
muckrakers
exposed urban issues thru their works, jacob riis did how the other half lives, ida tarbell exposed standard oil, upton sinclair exposed meat packing industry
booker t washington
advocated for gradual social economic advancement for black ppl, atlanta compromise
atlanta compromise
(1895) urged black americans to focus on vocational education (trade school)
w.e.b. dubois
opposed washington, advocated for immediate social equity for black americans, co founded the naacp (1909) and promoted protest, activist, and legal challenges for equality
imperialism
rose from the desire for new overseas markets of raw goods to sustain industrialization
civlizing mission
growing social darwinist though argued that anglo-saxons needed to civilize other nations
competition with foreign powers
us wanted to compete with european countries and their intense colonization efforts
annexation of hawaii
(1898) first effect of american imperialism, did it for strategic trade and military reasons
