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Gave the US lands set aside to become national parks and maintain some of the land to preserve it. Educational advancements and recreational use of national parks were boosted.
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Citizenship for guaranteed equal protection and due process
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After the Civil War the government attempted to help formally enslaved as well as later poor whites at getting back on their feet as they needed help after the war.
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Championed the 8 hour workday, as well as broader equality for women and blacks. Led to better later labor unions, while also achieving 8 hour workdays for federal employees.
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The "reconstruction" was an attempt to help the south get back on its feet after the Civil war.
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Founded as the Patrons of Husbandry in 1868 to help poor farmers with advocacy towards government regulations of railroads and cooperatives which could be run by farmers. Munn v. Illinois 1877 allowed for the States to keep regulating things like the railroads.
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Unorganized later National Labor Union that advocated for the bettering of industries, like no child labor, and better pay. Due to organization the union disintegrated after having peak membership of 730,000.
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Gave everyone regardless of race the right to vote even if formally enslaved
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The stock market crashed because of overspeculation and the fact that dozens of railroads went bankrupt. The depression resulted in extreme unemployment.
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The battle of little bighorn was between the local militias and the Sioux native Americans. The US tried to force native groups on to reservations in order to pursue resources which caused military conflict.
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Ended reconstruction; federal troops left the south and the Jim Crow era began.
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Resulting from the railroads cutting costs, a massive strike shut a majority of the countries railroads down which brought attention from the industries and led to government interference. Mixed reactions form companies when resolved.
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The chinese exclusion act was the first major federal immigration law that was passed in order for native born Americans to keep some of their jobs on the Western Frontier in which the Chinese immigrants were stealing as they accepted very cheap labor.
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Sam Gompers led, just focused on better pay and conditions. Very large with one million by 1901.
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The Commerce helped the grange movement by regulating railroad rates as passed in supreme court needed to be "reasonable and just". The ICC helped to fight efforts in which states were regulating prior to its establishment.
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A bombing from the result of a protest retaliation which led to the US to come to realize that the Unions were at fault, leading to the lost popularity of the Knights of Labor.
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The act was meant to break up tribal lands into 160 acres given to natives that would stay for 25 years and become civilized. This act was in attempt to integrate the Native Americans into the US, gave away most of the land to white settlers. Proved a failure.
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The first attempt at regulating monopolies which was weak at first but helped the cause in the long run.
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This was a massacre when US soldiers killed native americans in an ambush which marked the end of major native American Armed resistance.
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Henry Frick caused this as he cut wages by nearly 20%, and used the weapons of lockout, pinkertons, and strikebreakers to overcome the strike. Pushed the labor union movement back in support.
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Pullman railway cars cut wages and fired workers attempting to negotiate. The unions boycott tied up railways across the US. The founding of the American Socialist party in 1900.
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"seperate but equal" in whih the supreme court upheld segregation.
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Mckinley v. Bryan where it was a debate on the image as Mckinley trash talked Bryan, gold v. silver debate.
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US - imperial power which transitions them into a new period.
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Refers to the ideology that there was no further land for the Americans to settle. This included the wiping out of native lands as well as animals. Some events like the California Gold Rush help to contribute to the settlement of the land.