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Assassination of James
why
he thought that god told him to kill the president
because he had written a speech for garfield
that helped him win the presidental election
formulated the decision that if i was a key factor in the presidents victory -
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The populist movement
The populist movement was a revolt by farmers in the south and midwest against the democratic and republican parties for ignoring their interest and difficulties
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Pendleton Act
pantronage
a practice in which a political party after winning an election ,given goverment civil jobs to its supports friends and relatives berlin system
is the process of promoting and hiring goverment employess based on their ability to preform a job rather than on their political connection
chaanged to meritt system from pontrange b/c there was no job being done since they were rehiring their friends. -
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The Sherman Anti -trust Act
they had economic problems and social problems and rapid industrialation to America, The progressive era was first started -
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Harsh working conditions
the women and children worked from 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 the parts, injuries to children a high risk of happening in many factories. -
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peoples party
populist were convicts that rich industrialist has a strange
hold on goverment the government like granges before them
populist wanted government to have a larger role ending
oppression injustice and poverty
The populist elected 5 senetors and prsidental candidate jerome nearby he received 44% of the votes in the 1896 election.
populist platform unlimited coinge of silver direct elections of senotors shorter work day -
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Plessy v fergerson
african american train passenger homer plessy to sit in jim crow car , breaking a lousiana the case allowed racial segregation as a long as seperate but equal this as facilities were separate but equal -
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Discovery of gold in the kiondike
-100,000 prospectors left for the kiondike but only 40,000 people 'reached the region
trips were long and cold and difficult conditions were harsh starvation minutrition and exposure to cold were serious problems
Greatest economic impact was on the towels in the region .money from the supplies the prospectors purshed there the economy -
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mucraker one who requires into and public into and publish
scandal and allegations of corruptions among political and business leaders muckcrakers exposed peoplse with unsafe working conditions political corruption exposed people with unsafe working conditions political corruption and soicial injustice -
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pure food and drug act
the pure food and drug act of 1906
a key piece of progressive era legislatiion signed by theodore rosevelt on the same day as federal meat inspection ad for preventing the munufacting sale or transportation of misbranded or declarations foods drugs medications and liquors and for requalating traffs and other purposes. -
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NAACP
The mission of the national association for the advancement of the colony people is to ensure to political education ,social economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate discrimation
the cause was to discuss the racial justice politics although they had a few cases over the years -
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Mu cracker journalism
one who inquires into and publishes scandal allegations of corruptions among political and business leaders
-exposed unsafe working conditions political corruption and social injustices