Overview of major events 1865-1898 Period 6 Overview of major events 1865-1898

Immigration 1890-1910 reached the height of immigration in the U.S. Caused by second Industrial Revolution Largest groups to migrate are Chinese (railroad workers) through San Francisco, Jews from Eastern Europe (anti-Semite feelings beginning) through Ellis Island, NY Riots and discrimination were causes of nativist feelings

Gilded Age Coined by Mark Twain Some very rich but many others living in terrible conditions (huge disparity) Encouraged political reformation of big business (monopolies/trusts) and unions to form for workers rights/labor laws Jacob Riis, photographer/journalist, exposed true poverty of workers in urban areas

Black Americans Booker T. Washington, Atlanta Compromise Speech Plessy v. Ferguson “separate but equal” Already in effect in other states Not overturned until Brown v. Board of Education during Civil Rights movement Jim Crow laws after Reconstruction held Black Americans back from employment opportunities and civil rights

Reconstruction Amendments 13th abolished slavery 14th established equal rights under the law & citizenship 15th gave voting rights to all males, regardless of race

Native Americans Increasing conflicts between western settlers and native tribes Indians Appropriations Act: Reservations mandated, sovereignty stripped Indian Wars: Sand Creek Massacre, Battle of Wounded Knee, Battle of Little Big Horn Dawes Act-forced assimilation, land no longer shared by Natives, allotted by U.S. government within reservations Geronimo, Apache, escaped from reservation. Eventually imprisoned.

Spanish American War Driven by imperialism Partly initiated by yellow journalism “Remember the Maine” Ended Spain’s empire in Western hemisphere Independence of Cuba, U.S. acquisition of Philippines, Puerto Rico, & Guam Future president Teddy Roosevelt a part of the “Rough Riders” cavalry unit