period 6 buzzwords

overcrowded apartment buildings were many urban immigrants lived often in poor conditions

primary immigration processing center in New York where millions of immigrants entered the US

law, aiming to a simulate Native Americans by dividing tribal lands into individual plots and encouraging agriculture

Railroad connecting east and west coast of the US facilitating trade travel and westward expansion

period of rapid industrial growth in the US marked by the rise of factories, mass production, and new tech technologies

represented farmers and laborers advocating for issues like bimetallism, income tax, and direct election of senators

carnegie’s idea that the wealthy have a moral obligation to use their riches to benefit society

Immigrants from southern and Eastern Europe, facing discrimination and assimilation challenges

violent labor, strike at Carnegie, steel plant highlighting tensions between labor and management

law intended to prevent monopoly and trust that restrain trade though in effective

Oil industry tycoon who controlled standard oil through horizontal integration, one of the wealthiest men in history

mock racking journalist who exposed poor living conditions in urban tenements with his book how the other half lives

law banning Chinese laborers from immigrating to the US

regional organizations advocating for agricultural reforms and supporting the rise of the populist party

Business strategy where companies control all aspects of production

Notorious New York City, political machine led by boss Tweed known for its influence and corruption

law aimed at regulating the railroad industry, establishing the ICC to oversee practices

Labor union founded by Samuel Gompers, focused on skilled laborers and issues like wages hours and conditions

Frederick Turner’s argument at the American frontier plated key role in shaping America’s democracy and values

agricultural system where renters work on land owned by another person

law providing 160 acres of free land, a settlers willing to farm it for five years encouraging Westword settlement

State in local laws, enforcing racial segregation in the south after reconstruction

popular and democratic candidate known for his cross of gold speech advocating for bimetallism

Policy confining Native Americans to specific lands disrupting their traditional lifestyle

Philosophy, advocating, minimal government interference in business affairs

battling with Sue and Cheyenne forces defeated US Army troops under General George Custer

describes the late 19th century as a period of a parent, prosperity masking, deep, social economic inequalities

Organization of farmers working for lower railroad and warehouse rates and other reforms

Community centers providing services to the urban poor like Jane Adams hull house in Chicago

Business arrangements where one company dominates an industry reducing competition and often raising prices

supreme Court ruling that states could not regular interstate commerce

monetary system where currency is backed by gold favored by conservatives and business interest

monetary policy favoring the use of both gold and silver to back currency advocated by the populist

System were freed black and poor white farmed land owned by others in exchange for a share of the crops

promoted construction of the railroad with government bonds and land grants to railroad companies

efforts to integrate Native Americans into American culture, often through schooling and abandoning tribal identities

term for wealthy industrialists seen as exploiting workers and resources

powerful organizations that controlled city politics, often, corrupt, providing aids immigrants in exchange for votes

early labor union that included skilled and unskilled workers advocating for broad social reforms

supreme Court ruling that upheld segregation under the separate but equal doctrine

rapid growth of cities due to industrialization with challenges like overcrowding, sanitation, and housing shortages

Labor protest in chicago that turned violent harming the labor movement and associating it with radicalism

Movement applying Christian principles to address problems, advocating for the betterment of society and aid of the poor

nationwide railroad strike that was ended by federal government demonstrating the government‘s pro business stance

supreme Court case upholding states rights to regulate certain businesses like railroads within their borders

steel magnet who promoted vertical integration and philanthropy

William Jennings Bryan speech criticizing the gold standard

Business strategies where companies consolidate firms in the same industry/buy them out

belief that the principles of natural selection applied to society used to justify wealth inequality

vision for the post reconstruction south to diversify economy, beyond agriculture and develop industry

US troops killed hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children marking the end of native armed resistance