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james garfield assassination
when James a garfield was attacked on 7/2/1881 the nation was shocked enraged and captivated presedent just for 4 months Garfield was shot bu Charles guitera he believed god told him to to shoot garfield to set him free,as garfled was about to bord the a train at the Baltimore and Potomac railroad station in Washington dc -
the intertate commerce act of 1887
the ravers for the law was to regulate the railroad industry especially its monopolistic practice. the supreme court ruled that state laws should no regulate interstate railroad congress had the exclusive power to regulate railroads
the railroad monopolist had power to ret prices exclude competitors competitors and control several geographic areas in individual state the importance of this law to prevent state police that favored business at the expense of citizens -
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sherman anti trust
a act passed in 1890 that prohibited any contract combination in the form of a trust or otherwise in conspiracy in trade agreement -
red record
informing northerners that lynching in the us was occurring down in the south African Americans moved to new York wells anti lynching act -
plessy vs fergason
was a landmark constitutional law it uphaled state racial segregation laws
the impact often was that the jim crow spread across the us -
klondike gold rush
trip was long and cold and difficult at a point miners had to tug their supplies up a steep snow staircase conditions were harsh starvation malnutrition and exposure to cold were serious problems
the greatest economic impact was the prospectors purchased supplies which boosted the economy considerably -
muckraker january 1903 -march 1917
scandal and allegations of corruption among political and business leaders muckrakers exposed people with unsafe working conditions political corruption and social injustice muckrakers lessoned corruption in many aspects of american life -
food and drug act
the government then started the production and distribution of consumer products by funding the food and drug act
product were later required to label their products for any harmful ingredients -
national association for the advancement of colored people
the NAACP is an African american civil rights organization USA formed by ida b wells and W. E. B. Du Bois Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination -
pendleton act 1883
cause due to the assassination of pro Garfield and sassing expecting a civil service job to pendleton act was created patronage system is a practice in which political parties give government civil service jobs to its friend and relatives as a reward on basis of political activity to effect the us government commission was created and created to select employees of fed government on merit rather than relationship -
populist party 1891-1908
populist wanted the government to take a large rail pending oppression injustice and poverty farmers industrial workers and miners were supporting them the platform-for this was direct election of senators united of shorter work days restriction with quotas -
harsh working conditions
women and children wanted 10 to 14 hours a week
pay average was 3 to 12 when was fifty percent less than a man would make industrial conditions in the late 19 century were also extremely haphazardness
employees were fired if any problems happened