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1. Haymarket Square bombing 2. Wabash case 3. American Federation of Labor formed
- May Day meeting that turned violent when someone threw a bomb into the middle of the meeting, killing dozens of people.
- Supreme Court decision that prohibited states from regulating the railroads because the Constitution grants Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce.
- National union that only included skilled workers. White males negotiated for better wages, hours, and conditions.
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Morrill Act provides public land for higher education
Morrill Land-Grant Acts. Other short titles. Land-Grant Agricultural and Mechanical College Act of 1862. Long title. An Act donating Public Lands to the several States and Territories which may provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. -
Interstate Commerce Act
Congressional legislation that established the
Interstate Commerce Commission, compelled railroads to publish standard rates, and prohibited rebates and pools. -
Dawes Severalty Act
An act that broke up Indian reservations and distributed land to individual households. Leftover land was sold for money to fund US government efforts to "civilize" Native Americans. -
National American Woman Suffrage Association formed
An organization founded in 1890 to demand the vote of women. NAWSA argued that women should be allowed to vote because their responsibilities in the home and family made them indispensable in the public-decision making process. During World War I, NAWSA supported the war effort and lauded women's role in Allied victory, which helped to finally achieve nationwide women suffrage in the nineteenth amendment (1920). -
Gold Standard Act
An act that guaranteed that paper currency would be redeemed freely in gold, putting an end to the already dying "free-silver" campaign.