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chinese exclusion act
untied states federal law signed by president chester. on may 6th. prohibiting all immigration. -
Pendleton civil service act
United States federal law, enacted in 1883, which established that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation. -
Haymarket riot
The Haymarket affair was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday, May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago -
Daws act
The Dawes Severalty Act was important for tribal life because it helped to reduce the tribes' ability to live in their traditional ways. The Dawes Act ended communal ownership of the land and parceled it up into pieces to be owned by individual Native Americans. -
wounded knee
a creek in south Dakota where united states soldiers killed large numbers of Dakota native Americans. -
Sherman anti-trust act
The Sherman Antitrust Act is a landmark federal statute in the history of United States antitrust law passed by Congress in 1890 under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison. -
NAWSA
The National Woman Suffrage Association was formed on May 15, 1869 in New York City The National Association was created in response to a split in the American Equal Rights Association over whether the woman's movement should support the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court issued in 1896. It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal". -
Teller Amendment
The Teller Amendment was an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress, enacted on April 20, 1898, in reply to President William McKinley's War Message. It placed a condition on the United States military's presence in Cuba -
open door policy
Open Door policy, statement of principles initiated by the United States in 1899 and 1900 for the protection of equal privileges among countries trading with China and in support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity. -
Boxer rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion, Boxer Uprising was a violent anti-foreign, anti-colonial and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China between 1899 and 1901, toward the end of the Qing dynasty. -
Foraker Act
United States federal law that established civilian government on the island of Puerto Rico. U.S. President McKinley signed a civil law that established a civilian government in Puerto Rico. -
Platt Amendment
A treaty between the U.s. and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuba's independence from foreign intervention. It stipulated seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba. -
Roosevelt Corollary
an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis. -
Hepburn Act
United States federal law that gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to set maximum railroad rates and extend its jurisdiction. This led to the discontinuation of free passes to loyal shippers.
