Technology
The process of making steel cheaper and easier.
Bessemer Process
what were goldbugs?
those against printing money and causing inflation
Who were the most affected by Westward Expansion?
Native Indians
what was the populist party and what did they do?
they were a third party that were mostly farmers?
who was assassinated 100 days after their presidency for the pendel act.
James Garfield
Farmers could double crop size and cut grain quickly using this device.
Mechanical Reaper
What is the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against immigrants?
Nativism
Who were the most affected by the high tariffs and making silver worthless?
Farmers
Who was a political figure that helped out monopolies?
William "Boss" Tweed
Created reform system, great railroad strike.
Rutherford Hayes because of the third cut in wages in the railroads.
Invention that allowed messages to be sent quickly over long distances.
Telegraph
What is immigration?
When people leave their countries due to push and pull factors presented by their country and the other country.
why did immigrants move to the U.S.?
They moved for a new and better future
Who vetoed the Chinese immigration act?
R. Hayes
who Signed the Immigration Act.
Chester Arthur
Thomas Edison invented this in 1879
light bulb
What are state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States
Jim Crow Laws
The idea that certain people are just higher than others.
Social Darwinism.
what was the Plessy v. ferguson case?
was a landmark in supreme court that lead to sperate but "equal" facilities.
Who supported the free silver inflation?
Grover Cleveland
The mass-production of steel lead to this
Steel Skyscrapers
What was the crime of 1873?
Congress stopping the coming of silver.
what was the 19th amendment?
women voting rights.
Consolidation into two Alliances (Economic Approach)Southern and Mid West
Farmers Alliances 1880s
Strong supporter of tarrifs. Was a private during the Civil War.
William McKinley