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Credit Moblier scandal
Credit Moblier said that they would build a 1000km stretch of railroad for the government, got paid large sums of money and bribed people in government. Political -
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The Gilded Age
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Sand Creek massacre
400 Native Americans die, most of them women and children; part of the U.S. policy of fighting the Natives off to different locations. Minority. -
Victorian Ideas are in America.
The American people begin to have victorian thinking and think that stuff equals wealth. Cultural. -
Salvation Army founded
thsi organization was created originally to improve the poor people moraly, eventually helped out with natural disasters. Social. -
Grand Army of the Republic formed
A very influential veteran lobby group who got veterans may things including higher pensions. Political -
National Labor Union
Small labor union that focused on working within the system, and having no violence. Economic -
Colleges and education are becoming mor popular.
Going to Highschool and college become the normal for people who are getting educated, causing colleges to change their teachings. Social. -
Knights of Labor made
Labor union that focused on workers that produce stuff and don't provide services. Economic. -
Ulysses S. Grant becomes president.
Allowed corruption in his office, also gave his friends jobs in the government. Presidential Election -
First transcontinental railroad built
It was built by Central Pacific and Union Pacific, it helped connect the country together and allowed people to go from one end of nation to other. Social. -
Gold Scandal
Jim Fisk and Jay Gould try to corner the gold market, the government starts to sell gold again and ruins their plan. Economic. -
Victorian thinking comes to America.
Gives the middle class the thinking that image is key and that women are the key to image, also gives the ideals of ornateness. Cultural. -
Wellesley College founded.
This womans only college provided women the chance to get the same education without being near men. Minority. -
Boss Tweed scandal
"Boss" tweed used his power and influince to basically run New York, made $200million doing this and was able to rig gelections with this money (was exposed by a New York Times journalist). Economic -
Lightbulb perfected for now.
With the invention of the lightbulb people could stay up later and have safer working conditions. Cultural. -
Department stores popular.
Department stores pop up in parts of the country and provide cheap products under one roof, many are ornate. Social. -
Trollie is invented.
Allows people to travel within cities faster and causes cities to expand. Social. -
Chautauqua movement.
Provides intellectual stimulation for people that come to it; also includes talks that aren't intellectual. Social. -
Sewing machin invented
This allowed women to work on sewing faster at home and also helped them get jobs in factories. Cultural. -
Hawaiian reciprocity treaty.
This gives Hawaiian goods a break from high U.S. tariffs; when taken away it prompts us to invade. -
Jim Crow laws passed.
Jim Crow Laws restricted black rights and even introduced the Grandfather clause in some states. Minority. -
Telephone invented.
With this invention people could talk to each other a cross the country -
Rutherford B. Hayes becomes president.
Hayes restored respect to the government. -
Railroad Strike begins.
Workers of the railroads retailiate by going on strike due to cutting of wages, military gets involved and hurts the economy for two weeks. Economic. -
Carlisle Indian School
Carlisle Indian School took Indian kids from there homes and tried to "Americanize" them. Minority -
Government incourages mass killings of buffalo.
The government incourages the killing of buffalo so that the Natives are weaker and easier to control. Minority. -
James A. Garfield becomes president
Picked a Stalwart as vice-president and then gets assasinated on July 2, 1881 -
Chester A. Arthur becomes president
Passes laws that states that federal jobs are based on compitence not just connections. -
Chinese Exclusion Act passed
Doesn't allow the immigration of the Cinese into America because of public hatred of the chinese in Califarnia. Minority Group. -
Pendleton Act passed
Federal jobs based on competence, not "hook ups". Political -
Andrew Carnegie builds libraries.
He makes libraries for the public and helps spread his "Social Gospel" thinking. Cultural. -
Grover Cleveland becomes president.
He defends the gold standard, gets veteran pensions down, and tries to lower tariff but it fails horrible. -
American Federation of Labor formed.
Only skilled laborers could join and they focused on small victories (effective). Political. -
Dust Bowl
Droughts in summers, combined with horrible blizzards in the winter made crops scarce and cattle die (ended in 1897). Economic -
Interstate Commerce Act passed
This act tried to stop monopolistic ways but ended up hurting unions, rarely enforced. Political -
Dawes Act passed
Originaly was to help out Native American families, but lessens reservation land by a lot. Minority Group. -
Benjamin Harrison becomes president.
He raises the tariff, but supports silver standard and also brings Republicans back into office. -
Motion picture camera invented
This allowed people to watch movies as a leasure activity and gave people some fun. Cultural. -
Hull House in Chicago founded.
These settlement houses were social centers for the poor and advocated for womans rights; along with lessening child labor. Social. -
Pan-American Conference
Delegates from the U.S. and central and South America meet to discuss western hemisphere problems; then, the U.S. adopts the "little sister"policy as protector. -
Alfred Mahan writes The Influence of Sea Power upon History
This book influinces the U.S. to increase there naval power and step up in world politics; also states that if we want colonies we need a navy. -
Shermann Silver Act passed
Allows government to purchase silver, leads to inflation , also is more of a hands on approach to government. Political. -
McKinley Tariff
The highest tariff in U.S. history, so far, proved the governments protection of big buisness. Political -
Billion Dollar Congress
Congress spends a billion dollars for the first time in american history, proves excess in America. -
Populist party formed
Tries to get government to help out farmers more than corperations; they also infuince the Democrats to change a bit. Political -
Chilean incident.
Two U.S. marines get killed in bar brawl and the U.S. government makes the Chilean government pay the families of the disceased. -
Cleveland becomes president, again.
Faces deficite, defends gold standard, and calls in J.P. Morgan to bailout government. -
Elise Island formed
This famous immigration island was used to turn back immigrants. Minority Group. -
Panic of 1893
Sherman Silver Purchase Act helps cause this as well as people draining gold from treasury. -
People begin to push against Victorian ideals
People begin to think modernly by riding bicycles and having useful housing spaces. Cultural. -
J.P. Morgan bailsout government.
J.P. Morgan gives the government $30million in gold and saves the economy. -
Venezuelan land incedent
Land dispute between Venezuela and Great Britian over gold carrying land, ends in an arbitration between the both in favor of Venezuela; ends up softening U.S. and British relations. -
William McKinley becomes president.
Doesn't reform the government. -
Ragtime peaks in popularity.
This gave people some time to enjoy themselves and lightened peoples days. Social. -
Spanish American war declared.
Short four month war gave the U.S. control of Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippeans and spreads nationalism around the U.S. -
Spanish American war ends.
Spain agrees to give us Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and the Philippeans; except we don't give them their independance as promised. -
Chinese Open Door policy
This U.S. policy on China allowed all powers to have open trade in China.