People (Ch. 5)
This person was the political and spiritual leader of the Sioux tribes.
Sitting Bull
built a factory for manufacturing sleepers and other luxury railroad cars on the Illinois prairie
George M. Pullman
In response to abuses by the railroads companies this group sponsored state and local political candidates, elected legislators, and successfully pressed for laws to protect their interests
Granger Laws
The Seventh Cavalry slaughtered as many as 300 unarmed Native Americans. Brought an end to the Indian Wars.
Wounded Knee
the grassland extending through the west central portion of the United States
Great Plains
Republican Party nominee in 1896. Backed the Gold Standard.
Invented the typewriter in 1867 providing new jobs for women.
Christopher Sholes
An act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
the movement of the people — demanded reforms to lift the burden of debt from farmers and other workers and to give the people a greater voice in their government
Creation of Populist Party
A plan under which Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life and become part of the white culture.
Assimilation
started the Patrons of Husbandry, an organization for farmers that became popularly known as the Grange
Oliver Hudson Kelley
an American labor union and community organizer, and was a member of the Industrial Workers of the World
Mary Harris Jones
regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States and supported Native American "Americanization"
Dawes Act
Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads met at Promontory, Utah.
Creation of the Transcontinental Railroad
this technique involved injecting air into molten iron to remove the carbon and other impurities. Used to produce steel
Bessemer Process
U.S military officer who played a primary role in the Battle of Little Bighorn and lost.
George A. Custer
Invested in the steel industry, practiced Vertical Integration, donated about 90% of his wealth to charity.
Andrew Carnegie
laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain
Homestead Act
workers for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) struck to protest their second wage cut in two months
Great Strike of 1877
belief in “survival of the fittest”—the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better
Social Darwinism
Won the Democratic Nomination and was supported by the Populist Party
William Jennings Bryan
Became the richest person in the country, controlling 90% of all oil in the United States at his peak, created Standard Oil Company, and practiced horizontal integration
John D. Rockefeller
applied the Constitution's “Commerce Clause” granting Congress the power “to Regulate Commerce”—to regulating railroad rates
Interstate Commerce Act
A fire spread through the oil-soaked machines and piles of cloth, engulfing the eighth, ninth, and tenth floors. As workers attempted to flee, they discovered that the company had locked all of the exit doors to prevent theft. 146 women died.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
strategy adopted by a company that involves the acquisition of another company in the same business.
Horizontal Integration