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The Morrill Act provided grants of land to states to finance establishing colleges. these college were to specialize in agriculture and mechanic arts. It granted each state 30,000 acres.
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The National Labor Union was the first labor federation in the United States. This Union disbanded in 1873
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This was the largest and most important labor union of the 1880s. they demanded things such as the 8 hour day and wanted to socially uplift workers.
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William Tweed was the boss of the democratic political machine that was a major player in the politics of NYC. He was later sentenced to jail in 1873.
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This was the first major political party with an anti-monopoly ideology. the party lasted for three presidential elections and it nominated peter cooper as its first candidate in 1876
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This strike lasted for 45 days in Martinsburg West Virginia. Its goal was to increase the wages of the workers and it was one where labor unions were not involved.
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The AFL was one of the largest labor unions in the united states and lasted until 1955. It disbanded by merging with its rivsl the Congress of Industrial organizations.
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in the election of 1884 grover cleveland beat out his republican opponent james blaine marking the first election of a democrat since 1856.
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this book was a photo journal that showed the terrible conditions of the slums in new york city. this book shed light on those conditions to the upper and middle class.
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this tariff raised the tax on imports by 50%. it was designed to help domestic businesses compete with foreign goods
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This essay reflects on the American dream in a way. the main idea is that you do not need to adventure out to seek fortune because you can find it right their in your own community.
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The sherman antitrust act bans business activities that the federal government thiks to be anti-competitive such as monopolies.
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This act increased the amount of monlthy silver the US government could buy by 4.5 million ounces. This act caused a major drop in the price of silver abd lead to the panic of 1893.
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This act increased the amount of monlthy silver the US government could buy by 4.5 million ounces. This act caused a major drop in the price of silver abd lead to the panic of 1893
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this strike was a railroad strike that took place in chicago and other areas of the US. the result of the strike caused by the American Railway Union was unsuccessful.
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Thus supreme court case limited the governments power to control certain monopilies.
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the republican candidate Theodore Roosevelt won the election of 1904 aginst Alton Parker.
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this book is a collection of artcles that reported on the curruption within political machines in US cities.
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This was a radical international labor union founded in 1905. it combined general and industrial unionism.
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this act gave the interstate commerce commission the power to set maximum railroad rates further extending the jurisdiction of the ICC.
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this novel detailed the harsh conditions on immigrants and how their cheap labor was exploited in chicago and in other cities.
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this act prohibited the misbranded sale of livestock derived products and ensured that they were held and slaughtered in sanitary conditions.
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this was a series of consumer protection laws that created the food and drug adminstration and it banned foreign and interstate selling of misbranded food and drug products.
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this was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of New York City. there were 146 deaths mostly because the owners had locked the doors and stairwells.
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the democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson beat out three opponents for the election of 1912. he beat Theodore Roosevelt of the progressive party, William Taft of the Republican party and Eugene Debs of the Socialist party.
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Eugene V. Debs ran for president in 1904, 1908, 1912 and 1920. he was the candidate for the Socialist party of America. he became one of the best known socialist in the United States.
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the department of labor was created to ensure the occupational safety ofg workers as well as ensure decent wages and hours. it also gave unemployment benefits and provided the country with economic statistics.
