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assassination of President James Garfield
Assassin
-Charles J.Guitea
Why
-he had written a speech for Garfield the helped him win the presidential election
-formulated the delusion that is was it was a key factor in the presidential victory
-asked to be rewarded with a consulship( chairmen of the Senate) in Pairs
Result
-doctors killed president because they didn't was their hands
-this helped create the Pendleton Act -
Pendleton Act
Patronage
-a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, given government civil jobs to it's supports friends and relatives
Bertin System
-is the process of promoting and hiring government employees based on their ability to preform a job, rather than on their political connection
-changed to Merit system from patronage b/c there was no job being done since they were rehiring their friends.instead of the ability to preform -
Interstate Commerce Act
To regulate the railroad industry and make railroad rates reasonable. Powers where to regulate commerce with foreign nations among several states. The i.c.c regulated railroads and industrial problems where all solved. It was congress greatest control over what occurs in various states throughout the country with big businesses. -
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Harsh working conditions
the women and children worked from 10 to 14 a day six days a week getting paid $3 to $12 weekly. Children worked on big machines to clean them were small enough to fit between the parts, injuries to children a high risk of happening in many factories -
Sherman Anti-trust Act
-was to stop monopolies engaging in unfair practices standard oil J.D Rockefeller that prevented fair competition
-The Act marked a significant change in the attitude of congress toward the abuses of big business
-passed in 1890 the sherman anti-trust act was the first major legislation passed to address to oppressive monopolist -
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The Progressive Era
The progressive Era was a time of social and political reforms, during which corruption and social inequalities were exposed, and many changes were made to american society. -
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Peoples Party
-Populist were convinces that rich industrialist has a strangle hold on government like granges before them.
-Populist wanted government to have a larger role ending oppression injustice and poverty.
-The Populist elected 5 senators and presidential candidate Jerome nearby he received 44% of the votes in the 1896 election
-populist platform-unlimited coinage of silver direct elections of senators shorter work day -
Red Record
Author
-Ida B. Wells
Central Topic
-Informing northerners that lynching in the US was occurring down in the south -
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Plessy v. Ferguson
African american train passenger Homer Plessy to sit in a Jim Crow car, breaking a Louisiana. The case allowed racial segregation as long as facilities were separate but equal this President was overturned in the 1954 Brown W.BOARD CASE NAACP lawyers began challenging this separate but-equal American court system -
discovery of gold in the klondike
-100,000 prospectors left for the Klondike but only 40,000 people reached the region
-trips were long and cold and difficult conditions were harsh, starvation, malnutrition, and exposure to cold were serious problems.
Greatest economic impact was on the towns in the region. Money from the supplies the prospectors purchased there boosted the economy. -
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Muckraker Journalism
Muckraker was the name given to U.S Journalists and other writers who exposed corruption in politics and businesses in the early 20th century. Their focus was to expose corruption in politics and business.
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Pure food and Drug Act
-A key piece of progressive Era legislation, signed be Theodore Roosevelt on the same day as the federal inspection act.
-For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or brandished or poisonous or deleterious foods, medicines, and liquors and for regulating traffic thoracic and for other purposes