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Assassination Of James Garfield
He thought god 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. Asked to be rewarded with consulship (chairman of the senate) in Paris. Doctors killed the Presidents because they didn't wash their hands. This helped create the Pendleton Act. -
Pendletien Act
Is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government civil service jobs to its supporters, friends and relatives. Is the process of promoting and hiring government employees based another ability to perform a job, rather than on their political connection. Changed to Merit system from patronage because there was no job being done since they where hiring their friends instead of ability to perform. -
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 for children, it was a big risk for many factories. -
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. Passes in 1890 The Sherman Anti-Trust was the first major legislation passed to address oppressive monopolists. -
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The Progressive Era
The Progressive Era was a time of social and political reforms, 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 industrialist and bankers had a strangle hold on government, like grangers before them. Populists wanted government to have a large role ending oppresion, injustice, and poverty. The populist elected five senators and Presidential candidate Jerome Kerby, he recieved 44 Presidential votes in the 1896 election. Populist Platform unlimited coinage of silver direct elections of senators work day. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
In 1890, the state of Louisiana passed a law. It stemmed from an 1892 incident in which African-American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow car, breaking a Louisiana law. States could provide segregated facilities to different races, so long as they were equal in quality. NAACP lawyers began challenging this "separate but equal" American court system. After ruling a new law was passed known as the JimCrow law. Jim Crow laws legalized segregation between blacks and whites. -
Discovery of Gold in the Klondike
100,000 prospects left for the Klondike but only 40,000 people reached the region. The trip was long, cold, and difficult conditions were harsh, and starvation, malnutrition, and exposure to cold were serious problems. Many gave up and several died. The greatest economic impact was on the towns in the region. Money from the supplies the prospectors purchased there boosted the economy. -
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Muckraker Journalism
Muckraker - One who inquires into and publishes into and publishes.
Scandal and allegations of corruption among political and business leaders.
Muckrakers exposed people with unsafe working conditions, political corruption and social injustice.
Muckrakers less corruption in many aspects of American Life. -
Pure Food & Drug Act
-Reporters started to expose harmful ingredients in certain foods and medicines, such as Coca-Cola originally having cocaine in it.
-The government then began enforcing the production & distribution of consumer products by founding the Food & Drug Admin(FDA).
-Products were later required to label the harmful ingredients and would later on remove them. -
Red Record
Informing northerners that lynching in the U.S was occuring down in the south African Americans moved to New York. Wells Anti-Lynching campaign. -
Interstate Commerce Act
To regulate the railroad industry and make railroad rates reasonable. Powers were to regulate commerce with foreign nations among several states. The I.C.C regulated railroads and industry problems where all solved. It was congress greatest control over what occurs in various states throughout the conutry with big businesses.