U.S Imperalism
Author of "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History", (1890) popularized idea of the New Navy; Successful foreign trade relied on access to foreign ports, colonies, and strong navy
Who is Captain Alfred T. Mahan?
Movement founded in 1867; Cooperatives for farmers to buy machinery and sell crops as a group; Political endorsement and lobbying for legislation
What is the Granger Movement?
Numerous discriminatory laws passed by towns and cities; Supreme Court ruled Fourteenth Amendment did not protect Blacks from private discrimination
What is Jim Crow Laws?
people who were hurt most by High tariffs
what is Farmers and laborers?
Greatest invention of Thomas Edison; Created new uses for electricity for industry and home
What is the Light blub?
U.S. drove ___ out of Cuba and Philippines in the Spanish-American War
What is Spain?
Populists backed Democratic candidate; ran on platform of free silver, loosening control of northern banking interests
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
Era between Reconstruction and 1900; Dubbed by Mark Twain; America appeared prosperous, but wealth built on poverty of many
What is the Gilded Age?
demanded high tariffs to protect domestic industries
who is Industrialists?
Time period that was the introduction of faster machines in manufacturing leading to economies of scale and decreased cost per unit
What is Industrialization?
Policy formulated in 1899 by President William McKinley and Secretary of State John Hay. It aimed to place all commercial nations on an equal footing in China, ensuring free trade and upholding China's territorial integrity.
What is McKinley's Open Door Policy?
One of the first national labor unions by Terrance Powderly, founded in 1869; Goals included an 8-hour workday, equal pay for equal work, child labor laws, safety and sanitary codes, federal income tax, and more.
What is the Knights of labor?
Two Acts passed by the federal government to attract settlers and develop the West; One provided land and the other made it possible for farmers to sell their land to the highest bidder
What is The Homestead Act and Morrill Land-Grant Act?
A significant piece of legislation that raised tariffs on imported goods to protect American industries and promote domestic economic growth. It increased duties by an average of 57% on various products, including sugar, tobacco, iron, and steel.
What is the Dingley Tariff?
name given to leading businesspeople who are respected and admired for their contributions to economic growth and innovation across various markets and industries during the gilded age
What is Captains of industry (or robber barons)?
American Politician who set precedent for increased American participation in Western Hemisphere
Who is William H. Seward?
Platform that Called for silver coinage, government ownership of railroads and telegraphs, graduated income tax, direct election of senators, shorter workdays during the 1892 Convention
What is the Omaha Platform?
First attempts at regulation in response to widespread corruption; States imposed railroad regulations due to price gouging
What is Interstate Commerce Act?
A bill passed by Congress that reduced the Tariffs on certain imports into the United States; Considered a cause of the Spanish American war
What is the Wilson-Gorman Tariff?
Workers protested wage cut, refusal to form a union; Factory manager Henry Clay Frick locked out workers, hired replacements, and called in Pinkerton Detective force; Clash between Pinkertons and workers led to deaths and retreat of Pinkertons
What is the Homestead Steel Strike?
Assistant Secretary of Navy in 1898 during Spanish-American War; Ordered U.S. Pacific Fleet to Philippines, then led volunteer regiment in Cuba; became the 26th president of the U.S
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Samuel Gompers, focused on bread-and-butter issues, higher wages and shorter workdays; Excluded unskilled workers, confederation of trade unions; Refused to accept immigrants, Black people, women among membership
What is the American Federation of labor?
___ and allies passed major legislation (meat inspection act, banning lotteries, battleships); 23rd president of the U.S
Who is Benjamin Harrison?
Tariff that raised duties on imported goods almost 50%; enacted in 1890 under President Benjamin Harrison and championed by Congressman William McKinley
What is the McKinley Tariff?
law forbidding "restraint of trade" combination, ambiguous wording leading to pro-business Supreme Court interpretation; established in 1890
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?