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Nativism
WHO: Anglo-Saxons and protestant descendants of North and West Europe.
WHAT: Discrimination towards aliens.
WHEN: 19th Century.
WHERE: U.S. Soil.
WHY: Felt superior to immigrants. These immigrants were considered unassimilable.
SIGNIFICANCE: Crime rates and juvenile vagrancy rose and were linked to increases in the
foreign-born population.
CONNECTION: Anti-catholic hostility in England.
Social Darwinism
WHO: Upper classes vs. world.
WHAT: Theory of survival of the fittest.
WHEN: 19th Century.
WHERE: America.
WHY: Rationalize success.
SIGNIFICANCE: Those that were the most fit were the most successful (had the most
money).
CONNECTION: Gospel of Wealth, justification of success.
Gospel of Wealth
WHO: Andrew Carnegie.
WHAT: Article to describe the upper class responsibility of philanthropy.
WHEN: June of 1889.
WHERE: America.
WHY: Carnegie was a religious person and thus tried to justify his wealth through religion.
SIGNIFICANCE: Carnegie argued against extravagance.
CONNECTION: Social Darwinism, rationalization of success.
John D. Rockefeller
WHO: American business magnate and philanthropist.
WHAT: Co-founder of Standard Oil Company.
WHEN: 1839-1937.
WHERE: America.
WHY: Became wealthy through monopolies and trusts.
SIGNIFICANCE: First great U.S. Trust.
CONNECTION: J.P. Morgan, Carnegie, Vanderbilt.

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Robber Baron
WHO: Wealthy and powerful businessmen.
WHAT: Derogatory term.
WHEN: 19th Century.
WHERE: America.
WHY: Combination of a criminal and illegitimate term.
SIGNIFICANCE: Compared to German Antecedent Princes.
CONNECTION: Imperialism.
New South
WHO: Henry Grady.
WHAT: Vision of a self-sufficient southern economy.
WHEN: 1865-1900.
WHERE: South.
WHY: For economic diversity and Laissez-faire capitalism.
SIGNIFICANCE: Rise of the South after the Civil War seeing as they were no longer reliant on
Slave Labor.
CONNECTION: Civil War Reconstruction.
J. P. Morgan
WHO: American Financier and Banker.
WHAT: Dominator of corporate finance and industrial consolidation.
WHEN: 1837-1913.
WHERE: America.
WHY: Extremely well educated because he was born into an influential family.
SIGNIFICANCE: Helped stop the panic of 1907.
CONNECTION: Rockefeller, consolidation.
The Grange
WHO: Farmers.
WHAT: Assimilation of farmers after collaboration of views. Formed due to financial
difficulty at the time as well as the absurd railroad delivery system.
WHEN: 1875.
WHERE: U.S.
WHY: To advance methods of agriculture, as well as to promote the social and economic
needs of farmers in the United States.
SIGNIFICANCE: The web of the system expanded from the roots of the farmers.
CONNECTION: Cult, fraternal org. with secret rituals.

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American Federation of Labor

WHO: Samuel Gompers as leader and trade workers.
WHAT: Alliance of Craft Unions disaffected by the Knights of Labor.
WHEN: May 1886.
WHERE: Ohio.
WHY: After the fatal blow to the Knights of Labor at Haymarket Square.
SIGNIFICANCE: Longest standing and most influential labor federation in the United States.
CONNECTION: Combination of AFL and CIO, kind of like the combination of political
parties.
National American Woman Suffrage AssociationWHO: Progressive females.
WHAT: A party that actively worked for national american woman suffrage.
WHEN: February 18, 1890.
WHERE: America.
WHY: To work towards Womens Suffrage.
SIGNIFICANCE: 7,000 at the time formed to several million attendants.
CONNECTION: 19th Amendment which eventually gave women the right to vote.
Dawes Act
WHO: Indians vs. Congress.
WHAT: An attempt to appease yet relocate the Indians,
WHEN: 1887.
WHERE: America and reserved acreage.
WHY: lift the Native Americans out of poverty and to stimulate
assimilation of them into
mainstream American society
.
SIGNIFICANCE: Franklin D. Roosevelt passed Indian Reorganization Act.
CONNECTION: Indian reservations.
Battle of Little Bighorn
WHO: Indians vs. Whites.
WHAT: An armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne,
and Arapaho tribes, against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army.
WHEN: June 25, 1876 June 26, 1876
WHERE: Montana.
WHY: Custers push to move the Indians more west.
SIGNIFICANCE: Custard was killed.
CONNECTION: American Indian Wars.

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Ghost Dance Movement

WHO: Paiute Indians = originated. vs. Americans.
WHAT: Ritual to kill White Man.
WHEN: 1870.
WHERE: America.
WHY: Tensions between the two parties led to desperation among the indians.
SIGNIFICANCE: Gave the indians hope, and the ritual needed to be performed every 6
weeks.
CONNECTION: Religious hymns.
Chinese Exclusion Act
WHO: Federal Government vs. Immigrants (Specifically Chinese).
WHAT: A limitation on the immigration of Chinese laborers.
WHEN: May 6 1882.
WHERE: America.
WHY: Believed that Chinese immigration endangered the good order of certain localities.
SIGNIFICANCE: One of the most significant restriction on free immigration in US History.
CONNECTION: Chinese as mass labor force on railroads.

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1. Explain the difference between the old wave and new wave of immigration. How
did this impact the U.S.?
The old wave of immigration was the wave prior to the civil war. The
immigrants from the old wave were originally from Germany, France, Ireland,
Britain, Scotland, Spain, etc., so basically North and West Europe. The immigrants
post civil war were considered the new wave. The new wave was mainly immigrants
from Russia, Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Bosnia, etc., so basically East Europe. The old
wave was primarily protestant and the new wave was primarily catholic. The old
wave was relatively accepted because the origins of the U.S. were from similar
backgrounds. However, the new wave was not accepted so well, because they were
much more foreign. The new wave was the test subject of nativism at the time, and
thus they received mass rejection by the public. The U.S. became very discriminatory
as a result of the new wave.
2. Explain the impact of the Trust upon the average american citizen of the late 19th
Century.
Trusts were a way of consolidating businesses and setting these consolidated
businesses under the management of the stock owners. As businesses consolidated,
competition decreased and as competition decreased, monopolies arose. Monopolies
are exclusive control over a commodity or service. As these were controlled
exclusively, the trusts could control the entire market. This limited control placed
the average american consumer at the mercy of the trusts. And usually the things
that the trusts did forced the consumers to become victims of circumstance and
eventually suffer.
3. In what ways were the Plains Indians impacted by late 19th Century
industrialization?
The Plains indians were continually pushed West. When industrialization
occurred in the 19th Century, these Indians were forced to further suffer. Several
aspects of the industrialization affected the Plains Indians. One of them being the
intentional slaughter of the buffalo, the Plains Indians primary sustaining source. As
these buffalo were slaughtered for sport and then not used for their resources, the
Plains Indians became enraged because these valuable to the system animals were
being disrespected. The development of the railroads also impacted the Plains
Indians. As the rails were placed, and the land surrounding them became
uninhabitable, the Plain Indians were faced with another threat of relocation for their
land was becoming inhabited by unwelcome guests. As these industrialization
occurred, the Plains Indians engaged in deadly warfare to protect themselves.
Through this warfare their numbers continued to dwindle and so their population
obviously took a toll.

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4. How did Laissez-Faire Economics impact the Gilded Age?

The Laissez-Faire concept prevented the interference of the government in
economic affairs. During the Gilded Age, a time named after an image of unnatural
things (seeing as to be gilded is to be covered in a layer of gold, instead of actually
being gold), the Laissez-Faire made an appearance. The absence of government in
economics meant that there was no support to fall back on, so the risks of business
were higher, and with higher risks come higher rewards. These higher rewards
increased the disparity between the rich and the poor, which led to tension among
classes. The Laissez-Faire also allowed for the the development of monopolies on
businesses seeing as there were no regulations by the U.S. Government.