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Nativism
Nativism is an opposition to immigration which originated in United States politics. Although opposition to immigration is inherent to any country with immigration, the term nativism has a specific meaning. Strictly speaking, nativism distinguishes between Americans who were born in the United States, and individuals who have immigrated - 'first generation' immigrants. A similar distinction is relevant in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. -
Manifest Destiy Began
In the 19th century, Manifest Destiny was the widely held belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. -
The Gilded Age Begins
The Gilded Age was an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. American wages, especially for skilled workers, were much higher than in Europe, which attracted millions of immigrants. The increase of idustrialization meant, despite the icreasing labor force, real wages in the U.S. grew about 60% from 1860 to 1890 and continued to rise after that. -
Homestead Act
A special act of Congressthat made public lands in the west available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms -
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Social Gospel
Social Gospel, in American history, a religious social-reform movement that was prominent from about 1870 to 1920, especially among liberal Protestant groups dedicated to the betterment of industrialized society through application of the biblical principles of charity and justice. -
Haymarket Riot
The Haymarket Riot took place in Chicago on May 4, 1886. Seven policemen and several protesters were killed, and the event led to the execution of four radicals. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
The Haymarket Riot took place in Chicago on May 4, 1886. Seven policemen and several protesters were killed, and the event led to the execution of four radicals. -
The Dawes Act
A fedral law intended to turn Native Americans into farmers and land owners by providing cooperating families with 160 acres of reservation land for farming or 320 scres for grazing. In the eyes of supporters, this law would "civilize" the Indians by weaning them from their nomadic life, by treating them as individuals rather than members of their tribes, and by readying them for citizenship. Although generally well intentioned, the law undermined Indian culture. -
The Pure Food and Drug Act
A federal law that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patnet medicines. -
The Fedral Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act is an Act of Congress that created and set up the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States of America, and granted it the legal authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes and Federal Reserve Bank Notes as legal tender. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1920 to 1923, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding
