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assassination of james garfield
he thought god had had told him to kill the president because he had written a speech for garfield that helped him win the presidential election formulated the delusion that it was a key factor in the presidents victory. -
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pendletien system
is a practice in which a political party after winning an election gives goverment civil service jobs to its supporters friends and relatives is the process of promoting and hiring governments employees based another ability to perform a job rather than on their political connection. -
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interstate commerce act
to regulate the railroad industry and make railroad rates reasonable powers where to regulate commerce with foriegn nations among several states the i.c.c regulated railroads and industry problems where all solved. -
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discovery of gold in the Klondike
responses to the economic and social problems rapid industrialization introduced to the american progressivism began as social movement and grew into a political movement -
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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 significant change in the attitude of congress toward the abuses of big business. -
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the progressive era
the progressive era was a time of social and political refroms during which corruption and social inequalities were exposed and many changes were made to american society. -
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peoples party
populists were convinced that rich industrialists and bankers had a strangle hold on government like gragners before them populists wanted government to have a large role ending oppression injustice and poverty. -
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red record
informing northerners that lynching in the u.s. was occurring down in the south african americans moved to new york wells anti lynching campaign. -
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muckracker journalism
muckracker was the name given to u.s. journalists and other writers who exposed corruption in politics and business in the early 20th century this aroused public opinion and helped spur progressive era reforms. -
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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. -
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Plessy v ferguson
african american train passenger homer plessy refused to sit in a Louisiana law.case allowed racial segregation as long as facilities were seperate but equal this precedent was overturned in the 1954 brown w board of education case.NAACP lawyers began challenging this separate but equal American court system. -
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harsh working conditions
the women and children worked for 10 to 14 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