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The Revolution
-focused on women rights and women suffrage
-Susan.B Anthony and Elizabeth cody Stanton both were publisher and editor
-they establish the revolution during a period when a split was developing within the women right movement
-together they provided leadership to stop women suffrage in the USA
-Women's right movement had greatly reduced -
Assasination of President Garfield
-the assassin was Charles J. guitean
-shot at the president twice, but only 1 bullet had direct impact
-reason Charles shot him was that he was turned down for a job by the president, mentally unstable and believed god told him to
-Charles wrote a poem "I am goin to lordy " tp Garfield about his own death
-Garfield lived for a couple months, but died from infection -
pedleton act of 1883
-shot came from 44 British bulldogs which the assassin Charles J. Guiteau had purchased specifically because he tought it would look impressive in a mesuam
-he had killed Garfield because of the pres. refusal to appoint him to European counsulship
-the assassin was known around Washinton as a emotionally disturbed man
-he was convinced that is a gods work -
Inter State Commerce Act
-United state federal law that was designed to regulate the RR industry particularly is monopolistic practices
-First law to regulate private industry in the us
-the power of the acts is to the RR rate be "reasonable and just"
-Interstate commerce commission (ICC) exposed the religion and investigate allegations of deception and discrimination -
Populist (peoples) Party
-their ideas where economic reforms, an increase in the money supply, a graduated income tax, eight-hours workday immigration restrictions and they wanted direct votes for senators -
Sherman Anti-trust Act
-was the first fed. act that outlawed monopolistic business practices
-the Sherman anti-trust act of 1890 was the first measured passed by the US congress to prohibit trust
-Trust: arrangement stockholder and transferred their people
-Rockefeller was the standard oil and felt pressure from the gov. simply reorganizing into single corporation
-Eventually the gov. stopped trying to enforced the Sherman act and consolidation of business continued -
Red Record
-Ida B. Wells
-Wells passion was telling the country of the awful happening in the south lynchings because she lost several friends
-Effect was to raise awareness and option of the southern region on how African Americans were being treated -
klondike Gold Rush
-out of 100,000 prospectors only 30,000 reached the region
-It was difficult to reach the Klondike region because of the terrain and harsh weather, intense cold and frequent snowstorms
-the people left their jobs for the Klondike to become gold diggers
-many prospectors became Pennyless because they had spent a lot of money the continental economy however they became locked in a state
-the prospectors did not always find gold but the hardware suppliers made a fortune selling equipment -
Plessy Vs Ferguson
-Law case of the US supreme Ct it upheld state racial Segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of separate but equal
-Separate but equal did not violate the 14th amendment to the US constitution in 1868 which guaranteed equal protection under the law to all citizens
-the expression most often refers to the legally or socially enforced separation of African Americans from other races, but also applies the general discrimination against people of color by white communities -
The Jungle
-written by muckracking journalist upton sinclair
-Focus was the human condition in the slockyards of chicago to exploit the labor of men and women for profit
-magnified the sickening conditions of the meat-packing industry
-as a result of making the public aware of the filthy and dangerous conditions. Each local gov, passed its own set of health codes as well as the meat inspection act and the pure food and drug act -
Pure Food and Drug Act
-Prevented the manufacture or sale of gross, misbranded or poisonous food drugs or medicine
-was the first many consumer protection acts
-Law required labeling of any drugs that are addictive including alcohol, morphine, opium and cannabis
-caused Coca-Cola to replace the cocaine in their products with caffeine
-Muckraking journalists brought these crimes to the public eye -
NAACP
-in the 1920s to 1930s the NAACP devoted much of their energy to publicizing the lynching of blacks trough out the USA
-the initials stand for the National Association for the Advancement of colony people
-it was found in 1909 by Multi-racial Activist
-it was originally called the National Negro committee (NNC) -
16th Amendment
-Allows the congress to levy an income tax on the people
-its biggest effect was it shifted the balance of power toward the federal gov. and away from the states
-progressive; favoring or advocating progress and change
-revenue - collective items of income of a person, state, etc.
-Tariff- tax or duty to be paid -
Federal Reserve Act
-caused by the nations to strengthen how banks were run and quickly adjust amount of money in circulation and have enough money supply to keep up w/ the econ
-gave 12 federal reserve banks the ability to print money in order to ensure economics stability
-helped created the federal reserve system and centralized banking known as "bankers bank"
-made the value of the US dollars stronger by influencing the economy -
18th Admendment B
-Speakeasy: illicit establishment that sells alcoholic beverages
-Flapper: generation of young western women in 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their unacceptable behavior -
18th Admendment A
-caused by widespread belief that consumption of alcohol was deteriorating Americans criminal acs
-Established the prohibition of alcohol beverages in the US by declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol illegal
-instead of reducing crime, it created massive organized crime movements and corrupted public officials who took bribes
-temperance: restraint and moderation from drinking
-Prohibition: nationwide ban of alcohol -
19th Admendment
-Women wanted equality
-Granted women the right to vote - a right know as suffrage
-helped women move closer to the equality in all aspects of American life
-Women advocate for jobs, fair wages, education, and birth control -
17th Admedment
-The senate of then US shall be composed of 2 senators from each state, elected by the people there of, for 6 years and each senator shall have 1 vote
-it changed the theory about who senators represented, shifting the focus from the state govs. to the residents of the state
-Direct elections: system of choosing political office holders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person -
Harsh Working Conditions
-Children as young as 6 years old worked hard hours for little or no pay
-women mostly found jobs in domestic service textile factories and spice work shops
-children sometimes worked up to 19 hours w/one break
-women were paid less than half children a third of what men make
-worked in dangerous locations
-if one was hurt head or arm cut off -
Womens Christian Temperance Union
-WCTU fought for prohibition, the banning of alvpholic beverages, wanted immigrants