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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 -
Pendletien system
-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 on another ability to preform a job -
interstate commerce act
-To regulate the railroad industry and make railroad rates reasonable.
-powers were to regulate commerce with foreign nations among several states
-it was congress greatest control over what occurs in various states through out the country with big businesses -
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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 societies -
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Harsh working conditions
-The women and children worked for 10 to 14 hours a days for six days a week getting paid 3 to 12 dollars 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 risk for many factories -
Sherman anti trust act
-Was to stop monoplies enganging 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 bussiness.
-Passes in 1890 the sherman anti trust was the first major legislation passed to adress oppressive monoplolists. -
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Peoples party
-populists were convinced that rich industrialist and bankers had a strangle hold on government.
-populists wanted government to have a large role ending oppression -
red record
-Informing northerners that lynching in the u.s was occuring down in the south
-African americans moved to new york -
Plessy v. Ferguson
-african american train passenger homer plessy to sit in jim crow car, breaking a louisiana law.
-The case allowed racial segregation as long as facilities were seperate but equal this president was overturned in the 1954 brown W. Board of education case.
-NAACP lawyers began challenging this seperate but equal american court system. -
Discovery of the 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.
-the greatest economic impact was on the towns of the region -
muckraker journalism
-Muckraker was the name given to the 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 -
The pure food and drug act
-The pure food and drug of 1906 was a key piece of the progressive era legislation, signed by president theodore Roosevelt on the same day as the federal meat inspection act
-For preventing the manufacure,sale or transportation of adultured or misbanded or poisoneuos or deleterious foods