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The Chinese Exclusion Acts were a set of laws that barred Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevented Chinese already in the country from becoming citizens.
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The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, making the railroads the first industry subject to federal regulation.
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The muckrakers were journalist who would expose people for dirt they had.
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The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices.
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Plessy V. Ferguson was racial segregation over the next half-century
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He was the thrid U.S. President to be assassinated and his death created the modern Secret Service.
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Breathed new life into the American labor movement.