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harsh working con.
-as factories were being built, they were in need of workers
-they will work from 14-16 hrs all 6 days.
-unskilled workers will get paid 8-10 a week 10cents a hr-childrens were paid less
-factories of cotton trade -
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the revolution
-fpucused on womens rights &womas sufferage
-susan b. anthony & elizabeth cady stanton both werepublisher & editor.
-they established the rev. during a period when a plit was developing within the womens rights movment
-together they provided leadership for ending slavery in the u.s in1863
-womens rightsmov. had greatly reduced its act during a civil war. -
WCTU
-WCTU fought for the prohibition , the banning of alcoholic beverages , wanted immigrants & poor city dwellers to uplift themselves
-Frances Willard help transform the union from a small mid-weston religious group to a national organization
-aroused tension btw immigrants b/c their customers inculuded alcohol consumption -
james garfield
term was less than 4 months then died.
-who killed him; charles guiteau because he belived garfield owed him a patronage position in the dipolmatic corps.
-result;c.g was convictedof murder & hanged on june 30,1983 congressed passedthe pendleton act. -
pendleton act
patronage system is a practice in which a political party after winning a electiongives you jobs to its supporters
ment system is the process of promoting & hiring gov. employees band on their ability to perform a job -
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the progressive era
-the progressive era was a time of social & political reforms during which corupption and social diffrences were exposed many changes were made to american society.
***progressive ers was a time of reform such as the intitative & rerendum -
populist party
platforms; graduated income tax 8hr work day, restriction in immigrants,popular vote for senators
cause; demanded reforms to lift the border of debt from farmers & other workers give ppl a greater voice in the gov,
candidates ; republican party william mckinney president
democratic party -william jennings congress man
*the populast party was closley created to granger movment the farmers movment . -
red record
author; Ida b wells
-about lynching in the u.s
-helped educate American to help stop crimes against southern African Americans & help start the NAACP for African American rights -
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social creed
created by councils of churches
belifes- it was a person moral duty to help homeless
results-inspired even more reform activities ymca, young mens christian assassination & women Christians temperance -
PLESSY V. FERGUSON
-tested the constitutionality of segragation
-supreme court rulled that the seperation dracesin public accomoclations was legal & didnt violate the 14th amendment
-"seprate but equal" allowed states to maintain segragated fac. as loyal as they provided equal services
permitted legal segragation for almost 60 yrs. -
the klondike gold rush
-about 100,000 americans stamped to the klondike in search of fortune only 10000 made it.
-americans headed north to test their luck, to take adv.of thesecond major gold rush. -
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muckraker
-were writers of the magazine & book who exposed the corrupt side of buisness & public life in the early 1900s
-exposed the hard working conditions
-child labor
-poor working conditions
-revealed the unsafe & unsanitary practices of the meat packing industry in the 1900s
the writting led to the meat inspection act
the muckrakers made rockfeller more powerfull -
the jungle
-written by mucracking jour. upon sinclar
-focus was the human con.in the stock yardsofchicago & up to exploit the labor of men & women for profit -magnified the sickning con. of the meat - packing ind. -
pure food & drug act
-prevented the manufacture sale & transporation adulterated mislabled on poisonos food, drugs & medicine
-was the first of many consumer protection law
-the law required to label any addictive drug,including alcohol morphine opium, cannabis
-this law required coca-cola to remove the cocaine & remove it with caffeine -
naacp
name founders; ida b wells , web du bois
purpouse of organ.; to ensure the political , educational social & economic equ.of minortity group citizens od us & eliminate race predudice.
-causes; to make whites aware of the need fro racial equality.
effects;first group in the us formed by ppl of africandesendent to work for there rights -
16th amedndment
allows the congress to levy an income tax on the people
its biggest effect was it shielffield the balance of power toward the fed. gov. and away from the states
progressive favoring or advocating process & change
revenue collect items of income of a person,state,etc -
the 17th amendment
the senate of the us shall be composed of 2 senates from each state elected by the people,for 6 years & each senator shall have one vote.
it changed the theory about the who senates respresent shifting the focus on from state govs to the residents of the states -
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bull moose party
the founder of the bull moose is theodore resovelllt
he was defeated in the republican primaries & broke off the part to educate women sufferage ,work men comp,an 8hr workday min wage for women , federal law against child labor & fed trade -
the federal reserve act
cause- establish a form of economic stability in the u.s thru the intro. of the central banking.
-power -max emply. stabilizing prices moderating long terms interest rates
effect- the banking system of the u.s was changed & helped the fed. reserve , which we use today in banking system -
18th amendment
caused by underspread belife that com.of alchol was deteriorating americans health & causing criminal activities
established the prohibited of alochol bev. in the us by delagating the production ,transporation & sale of alchol.
instead of reducing crime,it created massive organized crime movments & coruppted public officials who took bribes. -
19th amendment
-women wanted equality
-granted women the right to vote-a right known as sufferage
helped women move closer to equality in all aspects of american life -women advocated for jobs,fairer wages ,education sex education & birth control -
sherman antitrust act
-this act made it to form a trust
-the act prohibited monopolies having good competition with other companies in their industry.
-companies under the sherman act was not easy because it didnt clearlydefine terms such as "TRUST"
-TURNED THEIR STOCK OVER TO A GROUP OR PERSON TO CONTROL THE COMPANY TO HAVE OBSOULUTE POWER -
18th amendment pt2
temprence; resistant & moderation from drinking
prohibiton nationwide ban of alochol
speakeasy illict establishment that sell alcholic bev.
flapper generation of young western women in 1920s who wore short skirts bobbed their hair listened to jazz and flaunted their unacceptable behavior