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Unit 6 - Coggle Diagram
Unit 6
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Farming Industry
Granger Movement - education on how to organize, set up cooperatives, vote for state and federal legislation that supported their interests
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GOAL: break the grip of railroads, opposed monopolies (lead to Populism)
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Court Cases
Munn v. Illinois (1877) - allowed states to regulate industries that affected the common good, upheld Granger Laws and other measures against RR companies
Wabash v. Illinois (1886) - states could not set rates on interstate commerce, overturns Munn, Congress passes Interstate Commerce Act
Omaha Platform
- System of "sub-treasuries"
- Abolition of the National Bank
- Direct election of senators
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Jim Crow Laws
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Jim Crow Laws: banned blacks from serving on juries, banned gathering in large, unauthorized groups
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Battles
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Battle of Little Big Horn (1876): US army sent to disband large gatherings of Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho
- Crazy Horse and Sitting bull crush Custer's troops
Battle of Wounded Knee (1890): US Army 7th Cavalry rounded up 350 Sioux and took them to Wounded Knee and slaughtered them
Moving West
Driving Factors
- west would always be available during tough economic times
- Transcontinental RR (1869) - other industries boom to keep up with demands for tracks: iron, coal, lumber, steel
- New towns and communities grew along RR lines
Homestead Act: gave 160 free acres to any "head of household"
- 5 year commitment, improve the land
Mining Industry
- starts in CA (49ers - Gold Rush)
- moves East to NV, CO, AZ, UT
Comstock Lode (1880) - inspired settlers looking to get rich
- boomtowns emerged around discovery of natural resources
Native Americans
Native Chiefs
Sitting Bull: Sioux medicine man, chief during Custer Massacre
Geronimo - Apache chief who raided white settlers in Southwest due to being confined to a reservation
Chief Joseph: leader of Nez Perce, fled with his tribe to Canada instead of reservation
Red Cloud: Lakota leader who wager war against US
- forced US to sign Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) that protected Sioux rights to South Dakota
Dawe's Act (1887):
- govt attempted at assimilation
- would break up reservations and introduce natives into American life
- ended tribal ownership
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Buffalo Soldiers
African America regiments formed after the Civil War, protected railroads and stagecoaches, symbolized opportunities and limits of freedom for African Americans after the civil war
Century of Dishonor (1881): Helen Hunt Jackson - documented relationship b/w Native Americans and the US govt.