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assassination of james garfield
he thought god had told him to kill the president because he had written a speech for garfield that helped him win the preidential election
formulated the delvsion that bit a key factor in the presidents victory
asked to be rewarded with a consulship in paris
doctros killed president because they didnt wash their hands this helped create the pendleton act -
pendletien
patronage is a practice in which a political party often winning an election,gives government civil seruice jabs to its supporters friends and relatives.
merit system in the process of promoting and hiring government employees based on their ability to perform a job rather than on their political connection changed to merit system from patronage b/c there was no job being done since they where having their friends instead of ability to preform -
interstate commerce act
to regulate the railroads industry and make railroads rates reasonable powers where to regulate commerce with foreign nations among several states. The i.c.c regulated railroads and industry problems where all solved .ist was congress greatest control over what occurs in various states throughout the country with big businesses -
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Harsh working conditions
The woman and children worked for 10 to14 hours a day for six days a week getting paid 3$ to 12$ weekly.Children mostly worked on big machines to clean them,they were small enough to fit between them.industries were a big issue for children,it was a big risk for many factories. -
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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 -
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 significate change in the attitude of congress toward the abuses of big business
passed in 1890 the sherman antitrust was the first major legistlation passed to address oppressive monopolist -
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peoples part
populist were convinced that rich industrialist and bankers had a strangle hold on government like the grangers before
populist wanted government to have a larger role ending oppression injustice and poverty
The populist elected five senators and had presidential candidate Jerome Kearby he received 44 percent of the votes in the 1896 election
populist platform-unlimited coinage of silver direct elections of senators shorter work day -
Red Recoreds
informing northeners that lynching in the u.s. was occurring down in the south African Americans moved to New York wells ntilynching campaign -
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plesst v.Ferguson
African Americans train passenger homer plessy to sit in a jim crow car breaking a Lousiana. The case allowed racial segregation as long as facilities in the 1954 Brown W. board of education case.NAACP lawyers began challenging this seprate but-equal American court system -
discovery od gold in the klondive
100,000 prospectors left for thr klondive but only 40,000 people reached the region.
the trip was long,cold,and difficult.conditions were harsh,and starvation,manutrition,and exposure to cold were serious problem many gave up and several died the greatest economic impact was on the toens in the region money from the supplies the prospectors purchased there boosted the ecomomy -
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muckracker jurnalism
muckracker was the name given to u.s. journalists and other writers who exposed corruption in politics and business in the early 20th century.their focus was to expose corruption in politics and business this aroused public opinion and helped spur progressive-era reforms -
The pure food and drug act
The pure food and drug act of 1906 was a key piece of progressive era legislation,signed by president Theodore Roosevelt on the same day as the federal meat inspection act for preventing the manufacture,sale or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods drugs,machines,and liquors for regulating traffic therein