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GREAT PLAINS
TERRITORY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
SIOUX BLACKFOOT CHEYENNE COMMANCHE
NOMADIC INDIAN TRIBES OF THE GREAT PLAINS
PLAINS WARS
1860'S-1880'S WARS BETWEEN VARIOSU TRIBES OF PLAINS INDIANS AND US ARMY
SAND CREEK MASSACRE
1864 ARMY MASSACRE OF PEACEFUL CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO WOMEN AND CHILDREN
CUSTER'S LAST STAND
SIOUX DEFEAT OF US ARMY REGIMENT AT LITTLE BIG HORN
HELEN HUNT JACKSON
AUTHOR OF A CENTURY OF DISHONOR
A CENTURY OF DISHONOR
JACKSON BOOK PUBLICIZING U.S. RECORD OF BROKEN PROMISES WITH AMERICAN INDIANS
MEDICINE LODGE TREATY
1867 TREATY IN WHICH INDIANS PROMISED TO LIVE ON RESERVATIONS IN OKLAHOMA
FORT LARAMIE TREATY
1868 TREATY IN WHICH INDIANS PROMISED TO LIVE ON RESERVATIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA
BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS
CHURCH-APPOINTED GOVERNMENT GROUP ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESS TO REFORM RESERVATION SYSTEM
SITTING BULL
SIOUX CHIEF AT LITTLE BIG HORN AND GHOST DANCE MOVEMENT
DAWES' SEVERALTY ACT
1887 LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO BREAK UP THE INDIAN RESERVATIONS & ASSIMILATE THE INDIANS
GHOST DANCE MOVEMENT
1890 HALF-RELIGIOUS & HALF-MILITARY INDIAN RESISTANCE MOVEMENT
WOUNDED KNEE
1890 MASSACRE OF INDIANS IN SOUTH DAKOTA THAT ENDED THE PLAINS WARS
1860'S - 1880'S
DATE OF PLAINS WARS
1876
DATE OF CUSTER'S LAST STAND
1887
DATE OF DAWES' SEVERALTY ACT
1890
DATE OF GHOST DANCE MOVEMENT AND WOUNDED KNEE
CORPORATION
AMERICAN INNOVATIVE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION THAT RAISES HUGE CAPITAL BY SELLING SHARES TO PUBLIC
LIMITED LIABILITY
LEGAL ASPECT OF CORPORATION THAT PROTECTS INDIVIDUAL CORPORATE OFFICERS FROM THE DEBTS OF THE CORPORATION
POOL
VERBAL AGREEMENT AMONG COMPANIES TO CONTROL PRICES AND MARKETS
VERTICAL INTEGRATION
CONTROLLING ALL ASPECTS OF PRODUCTION FROM RAW MATERIALS TO DISTRIBUTION OF FINISHED PRODUCT
HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION
MERGER WITH COMPANIES THAT PRODUCE SIMILAR PRODUCT
JAY GOULD
MAGNATE WHO CONSOLIDATED THE RAILROADS
RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION
1870'S-1880'S EFFORTS BY GOULD AND HUNTINGTON TO STANDARDIZE AMERICAN RAILROADS AND CREATE AN INTEGRATED NETWORK
RATE DISCRIMINATION
UNFAIR RAILROAD PRICING THAT GAVE LOW RATES TO LARGE SHIPPERS AND IMPOSSIBLY HIGH RATES TO SMALL SHIPPERS
INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT
1887 LAW THAT BANNED POOLING AND DISCRIMINATORY SHORT-DISTANCE RAILROAD RATES
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
COMMISSION ESTABLISHED IN 1887 TO OVERSEE PRACTICES OF INTERSTATE RAILROADS
HEPBURN ACT
1906 LEGISLATION THAT STRENGTHENED THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT
J. PIERPINT MORGAN
BANKER & RAILROAD INDUSTRIALIST DURING THE PERIOD OF AM. INDUSTRIALIZATION
ANDREW CARNEGIE
STEEL TYCOON WHO PERFECTED VERTICAL INTEGRATION
JOHN D. ROCKEFEELLER
OIL TYCOON THAT FIRST USED THE TRUST TO ELIMINATE COMPETITION
TRUST
UMBRELLA CORPORATION THAT RUNS SEVERAL OTHER CORPORATIONS, DESIGNED TO SUPPRESS COMPETITION
SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACT
INEFFECTIVE 1890 LEGISLATION THAT OUTLAWED TRUSTS THAT FIXED PRICES IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
U.S. V. KNIGHT
1895 SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT THAT EXEMPTED MANUFACTURING FROM SHERMAN ACT AND THUS FATALLY WEAKENED THAT ACT
1887
DATE OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT
1890
DATE OF SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACT
NATIONAL LABOR UNION
FIRST MAJOR LABOR UNION, EST. IN 1866 BY WILLIAM SYLVIS
WILLIAM SYLVIS
LEADER OF NATIONAL LABOR UNION
KNIGHTS OF LABOR
HIGHLY INCLUSIVE LABOR UNION THAT DOMINATE AMERICAN LABOR FROM 1860'S TO 1880'S
TERENCE V. POWDERLY
LEADER OF KNIGHTS OF LABOR
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
FIRST SUCCESSFUL LABOR UNION, FOUNDED BY GOMPERS IN 1886
BREAD-AND-BUTTER ISSUES
TERM FOR BASIC LABOR ISSUES LIKE WAGES & HOURS, AS OPPOSED TO UTOPIAN ISSUES LIKE COOPERATIVES AND SOCIALISM
SAMUEL GOMPERS
FOUNDER OF AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
FEDERATION
ANY ORGANIZATION THAT COMBINES SEMI-AUTONOMOUS UNITS--LIKE STATES (USA) OR CRAFT UNIONS (AFL)
RAILROAD STRIKE
1877 WILDCAT RAILROAD STRIKE, THE FIRST MAJOR AM. STRIKE
WILDCAT STRIKE
A STRIKE NOT AUTHORIZED BY THE UNION
HAYMARKET RIOT
1886 CHICAGO CONFRONTATION BETWEEN LABOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
PULLMAN STRIKE
1894 STRIKE IN WHICH FEDERAL TROOPS WERE SYSTEMATICALLY USED TO SMASH UNION POWER
EUGENE V. DEBS
LABOR LEADER DURING PULLMAN STRIKE
STRIKEBREAKERS
UNEMPLOYED WORKERS USED BY COMPANIES TO REDUCE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRIKES
IN RE DEBS
SUPREME CASE THAT LEGALIZED USE OF INJUNCTIONS AGAINST LABOR UNIONS
INJUNCTION
COURT ORDER TO PROHIBIT A STRIKE
SOCIAL DARWINISM
PRO-CAPITALIST IDEA THAT SUGGESTS THAT INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION WAS SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, AND THAT BOTH WINNERS & LOSERS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION GOT WHAT THEY DESERVED
HENRY GEORGE
AUTHOR OF PROGRESS AND POVERTY, PROPOSED SINGLE TAX
PROGRESS AND POVERTY
HENRY GEORGE BOOK THAT PROPOSED SINGLE TAX
SINGLE TAX
HENRY GEORGE IDEA THAT TAXING LAND WOULD PROVIDE REVENUE NEEDED TO AMELIORATE MISERY CAUSED BY INDUSTRIALIZATION
EDWARD BELLAMY
AUTHOR OF LOOKING BACKWARD, A UTOPIAN NOVEL OF AN AMERICA WITHOUT POVERTY OR STRIKE
LOOKING BACKWARD
EDWARD BELLAMY NOVEL ABOUT AN AMERICA WITHOUT POVERTY OR STRIKE
ANARCHISTS
GROUPS PROPOSING OVERTHROW OF THE STATE
OLD IMMIGRANTS
1820-1880 WAVES OF IMMIGRANTS FROM NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
NEW IMMIGRANTS
1880-1920 WAVES OF IMMIGRANTS FROM SOUTHERN AND EASTERN EUROPE
PULL FACTORS
FACTORS THAT IMPELLED PEOPLE TO COME TO AMERICA
PUSH FACTORS
FACTORS THAT IMPELLED PEOPLE TO LEAVE THEIR NATIONS OF ORIGIN
ELLIS ISLAND
FEDERAL FACILITY FOR ADMITTING IMMIGRANTS IN NEW YORK HARBOR
CHAIN MIGRATION
IMMIGRANTS' TENDENCY TO LIVE WITH RECENT IMMIGRANTS FROM THE SAME TOWN OF ORIGIN
THE GRANGE
1870'S COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATION OF FARMERS
FARMERS' COOPERATIVES
ORGANIZATION DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE BUYING POWER OF FARMERS
GRANGER LAWS
1870'S STATE LAWS FIXING MAXIMUM RAILROAD RATES
MUNN V. ILLINOIS
SUPREME COURT CASE THAT UPHELD THE GRANGER LAWS
FARMERS' ALLIANCE MOVEMENT
1880'S FARMERS' PROTEST MOVEMENT
FREE SILVER
POPULIST CALL FOR SILVER COINAGE TO REDUCE DEBT PROBLEMS OF FARMERS
PEOPLE'S PARTY
PRO-FARMER PARTY OF THE 1890'S, ALSO CALLED POPULISTS
POPULISM
PRO-FARMER POLITICAL MOVEMENT OF EARLY 1890'S THAT ADVOCATED FREE SLIVER AND VARIOUS FED. GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO HELP FARMERS
JAMES B. WEAVER
POPULIST CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN 1892
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
FARMER- AND FREE-SILVER ADVOCATE WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT AS DEMOCRAT IN 1896, 1900, AND 1908
PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT
LOOSE TERM FOR THE REFORM MOVEMENT OF WHITE MIDDLE CLASS SEEKING TO IMPROVE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS IN EARLY 19TH CENTURY
THORSTEIN VEBLEN
AUTHOR OF THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS
THEORY OF THE MIDDLE CLASS
1899 SATIRE SCORNING EXTRAVAGANCE OF THE NEWLY RICH CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY
WILLIAM JAMES
'PRAGMATIST' WHO ARGUED THAT THE PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION COULD BE IMPROVED BY INTELLIGENT AND PURPOSEFUL ACTION
HERBERT CROLY
PROGRESSIVE INTELLECTUAL WHO CALLED FOR ACTIVIST FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO REFORM PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
JANE ADDAMS
PROGRESSIVE REFORMER WHO DEMANDED THAT MIDDLE-CLASSES WORK ALONG WITH LABORING MASSES TO IMPROVE INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS
JOHN DEWEY
PROGRESSIVE REFORMER WHO SAID PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHOULD BE AGENTS OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN INDUTRIAL AMERICA
MUCKRAKERS
TERM FOR PROGRESSIVE JOURNALISTS WHO EXPOSED CORPORATE AND POLITICAL ABUSES
LINCOLN STEFFENS
PROGRESSIVE MUCKRAKER WHOSE WORK EXPOSED URBAN PROBLEMS
IDA TARBELL
PROGRESSIVE MUCKRAKER WHOSE WORK EXPOSED ABUSES OF BIG CORPORATIONS
ASHCAN SCHOOL
PROGRESSIVE PAINTERS WHO PORTRAYED THE HARSHNESS OF URBAN SLUM LIFE
1870'S
DECADE OF THE GRANGE MOVEMENT
1880'S
DECADE OF THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE MOVEMENT
1900-1917
PERIOD OF PROGRESSIVE REFORM