Westward expansion & movement
What played a key role in westward expansion?
What is railroads
What was the ultimate goal ?
To transfer control of lands occupied by and lived on by Native Americans to whites.
Opposed what?
Any attempts at a reform.
Who were Chinese people welcomed by because of what ?
Welcomed by railroad companies because of their hard work
What results of the election in 1896 caused what to be formed ?
The creation of the populist party, which represented people of the South and West against the NE regions of the country.
Conflict with Native Americans increases which causes?
What has been continuously violated by the US government?
Treaties
What is an example of a political machine corruption.
Tweed/NYC: kickbacks is a secret payment or benefit given in exchange for improper influence, like a bribe
The Chinese exclusion Act
What did the populist platform include ?
Bimetallism, which is adopted by the Democratic Party during the election to gain the support of populist party voters.
What causes settlers to forcing Natives in the Great Plains and off their land ?
Gold Rushes and other resources
Historians began referring to?
The US gov policy/treatment of indigenous as a genocide
Businesses engage in what?
Monopolization
What belief did many Americans have on immigrants ?
They were savage or brought unarmed I am ideas/beliefs/religions into society
Some moved away from the populist movement and joined what other movements?
Join socialist movements, with the belief that public ownership of businesses and more government regulations would improve the lives of the poor.
What is the Homestead Act?
A U.S. law granting 160 acres of public land to settlers who agreed to live on, improve, and farm it for five years.
Carnegie and others used what to justify holding immense wealth ?
Social Darwinism
What is the Dawes Act:
Was a U.S law that broke up tribal lands on reservations into individual plots for Native Americans
Carnegie believed what?
That he and other rich individuals were the mangers of wealth for communities.