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Social Darwinism
Darwin published his theory of evolution to explain the origin of species which would lead to the biggest shift in the social beliefs of the American people -
Interstate Commerce Act 1866
An act that required that railroads charge fair rates to their customers and make those rates public which made major changes to the economy for consumers. -
Purchase of Alaska
the United States' acquired Alaska from the Russian Empire as a result of a treaty between the two nations that changed their political relationship which allowed the U.S to purchase the Alaskan territory -
Ghost Dance Movement
A spiritual movement that arose among Western American Indians associated with Wovoka's prophecy of an end to white expansion while preaching goals of clean living, an honest life, and cross-cultural cooperation by Indians which would cause the social status of Indians to remain the same -
The 2nd Industrial Revolution
A period when advances in steel production, electricity and petroleum caused a series of innovations that caused major changes to American society and its economy -
Panic of 1873
A financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America which ended Reconstruction and caused major shifts in the Souths business failures, unemployment, and tightening credit heightened class and racial tensions and generated demands for government retrenchment that changed the economy in a major way. -
Grange Movement
Movement to advance methods of agriculture, as well as to promote the social and economic needs of farmers in the United States which would change the economy to support farmers -
The Indian Wars
The discovery of gold in the Black Hills region of South Dakota caused a war between the Sioux tribe and miners who were after the gold in the area which made the U.S army intervene as a response to the conflict which caused Americas treatment toward Native Americans to remain the same -
Great Railroad Strike
A strike that served as a response to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad cutting wages of workers for the third time in a year which the Striking workers would not allow any of the trains, mainly freight trains, to roll until this third wage cut was revoked changing the social treatment of workers -
Tuskegee Institute
Under a charter from the Alabama legislature for the purpose of training teachers in Alabama and the programs goal was to provide students with both academic and vocational training making social changes to the education system -
Chinese Exclusion Act
An immigration law that prevented Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States and was the first change to the foreign policy that excluded an entire ethnic group and would stay the same for other races leaving the American treatment of these ethnic groups the same. -
Wabash v Illinois
The Court held that Illinois had violated the Commerce Clause by placing a direct burden on interstate commerce and would severely change the political power of the states by limiting their right to control or impede interstate commerce -
The Dawes Act of 1887
An act that authorized the President of the United States to subdivide Native American tribal landholdings into allotments for Native American heads of families and individuals, transferring traditional systems of land tenure into government-imposed systems of private property by forcing Native Americans to act as individuals rather than as groups which would change their social status -
Gospel of Wealth
A book that describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self-made rich and would change the social status of the rich by supporting the lower class -
Sherman Anti-trust Act
A United States antitrust law that regulates competition among enterprises, which was passed by Congress under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison and would change the economy by favoring consumer needs -
Forest Reserve Act
A law that allowed the President of the United States to set aside forest reserves from the land in the public domain and preserves water resources until forested lands can be opened for settlement and exploitation which would cause environmental changes for the many forests in the nation -
Anti-Saloon League
The leading organization lobbying for prohibition in the United States that used a multilayered approach in its attempts to secure a dry (prohibition) nation through national legislation and congressional hearings, the Scientific Temperance Federation, and its American Issue Publishing Company to change the political views of many people -
Pullman Strike
Widespread railroad strike and boycott that severely disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest of the United States to go against the cut wages from businesses changing social views of the economy -
Plessy v Ferguson
U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine and changed the social status of African Americans -
Forest Management Act
An act that would require the U.S. Forest Service to develop plans for national forests, set standards for timber sales, and create policies to regulate timber harvesting to protect forests from permanent damages from excessive logging and clear cutting which changed the environment drastically
