Social

• Homestead Strike - Tensions between workers + management in Carnegie Steel Company caused workers to strike as managers cut wages + fired union workers


  1892
• Ellis Island - Immigration processing centre opened in NYC


  1892
• Depression - US was marked by bank failures, unemployment + business closures, triggered by the collapse of railroad investments + leading to widespread hardship


  1893
• Pullman Strike - George Pullman refused to meet workers demands of higher wages + better working conditions – Nationwide railroad strike led by American Railway Union, ended by federal intervention


  1894
• Anti-Saloon league - Organisation advocating for the prohibition of alcohol in US


  1895
• William J Bryan - Democratic candidate in presidential election who ran on the promise of equality for all


  1896
• 16th Amendment - Income tax on individuals + corporations


  1909
• 17th Amendment - Direct election of Senators by the people of each state


  1913
• 18th Amendment - Forbade the sale or manufacture of alcohol


  1919
• Populism


  Movement advocating for the interests of ordinary people against elite or entrenched interests, emphasising economic reform + greater democracy
• Imperialism


  Policy of extending a nation's power + influence through colonisation, military conquest, or economic dominance over other territories or peoples