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the revolution
-this newspaper was established by womens rights activist susan b. anthony & Elizabeth cady stanton
-its primary focused on womens suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections
-it gave stanton and anthony a means for expressing their veins about the issues being disputed when it would have been difficult for them to make their voices heard
-it helped them strengthen their movement and prepare the way for an organization to represent womens rights -
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Peoples party
-the purpose of the "peoples party" was to increase in the money supply to help for farmers and workers
-the porposed were mainly towards struggling farmers and desperate laborers
-the movement is associated with granger (the farmers movement)
-the populists programs eventually became the platform of the dem party and kept alive the concept that the government is responsible for reforming social injustices
-james b. weaver was the populist candidate for president that year he pulled 1,041,000 -
Womens christian Temperance union
-the purpose of WCTU was to combat the influence of alcohol on families and society
-frances willard became president of WCTU and turned to organizing political means in addition to moral persuasion to achieve total audience
-the issue was seen in society as moral , issue to create prohibiton throughout the nation -
Assassination of President James Garfield
-Shot came from 44 british bulldog which the assasin charles j. Guiteau had purchased specifically because he thought it would look impressive in a museum
-he had killed Garfield because of the presidents refusal to appoint him a European consulship
-the assain was known around washington as a emotionally disturbed man
-he was convinced that is a "gods work" -
Pendleton Act
-president Garfield was shot two times by charles guiteen whom turned a job down chester arthur become president
-officials could no longer pressure employees for compaign contributions
-patronage system is a practice in which a political party after winning an election gives gov jobs to its supporters
-merit system is the process of promoting and hiring gov employees based on their ability to preform a job -
Interstate Commerce Act
-the act created a federal regulatory agency which it charged with monitoring railroads to ensure that they complied with the new regulations
-First law to regulate private industry in US
-the power of the act is to the railroad rates be "reasoniable and just"
-Interstate commerce commission (ICC) - enforce the regulation and investigate allegations of fraud , deception , and discrimination -
sherman antitrust act
-purpose was to prohibit trust, trust were arrangement were stockholders transferred their shares to a single group of men
-congress wanted to regulate interstate commerce and also prohibit monopolies and activities that hindered competition
-first federal program for regulation private buisness
-standard oil felt pressure from government
-andrew carnegie accumlation of great wealth by a few in any captilist society -
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Harsh working condition
-the children were paid less than 10 cents an hour four fourteen hour days of work
-women earned an average of $267 a year nearly half of mens average of $498
-Emploment were not entitled to vacation sick leave unemploment compensation or reimbersement for injuries suffered on the job. -
Red Record
-Ida B wells. the co-founder of the NAACP , wrote the red record
-the central topic were being treated , for example some would get lynched , some of the states that treated the horribly like alabama , louisana, mississippi , south carolina and texas and what they would be punished for
-the red records effect on society is the states began recognizing the seriousness of these subject and began taking action -
Discovery gold in the klondike region
-the klondike gold rush was an event of migration by an estimated 100,000 people prospecting to the klondike region north-western canada only 30,000 actually made it to the klondike
-gold was discovered in many rich deposits along the klondike river
-Newspaper created a hysteria that was nation-wide and many people quit their jobs and then left for the klondike to became gold-diggers
-Many did not find any gold many made money off the hardware store selling to the prospectors -
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Muckraker journalism
-the term muckraker was used in the progressive Era to characterize reform-minded american journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines as investigate
-the muckrakers style of journalism articulated reform beginning in the late 19th century and gaining popularity through the first decade of the 20th century
-their agenda was to raise public awareness of child labor etc. -
pure food and drug act
-the cause of the pure food and drug act was because of all the musketeers like upton sinclair writting stories on the working conditions and how filthy the federals were
-The power of the food and drug act is to protect the public against adulteration of food and from products identified as healthful without scientific support
-the pure food and drug out they had responsibility oftesting all foods and drugs destined for human consuption and the requirements for prescriptions -
NAACP
-W.E.D. Du bois , ida b wells
-founded to fight the plessy v.s. ferguson
-fought for equal rights for african americans
-The NAACP's principal oobjective is to ensure political educational, social and economic equality of all minority groups and eliminate racism and the barriers of racial prejudice -
The bull Moose party
-the founder of the bull moose party is theodore roosevelt
-the defeated in the republic primaries and broke off
-the party advocated women sufferage , workmens compensation an eight hour work day a minimum wage for women
-federal law against child labor and federal trade -
federal reverse act
-nation needed a way to strengthon the ways in which banks were run
-this act divided the nation into 12 districts and established a central bank in each district
-the federal reserve banks could issue new paper currency in emergency situations and members banks could use the new currency to make loans to their customers
-by 1923 roughly 70% of the nations banking resources were part of the federal reverse system -
17th Ammendment
-allowed the people to choose and vote for who the state senate will be
-the effect of the 17th ammendment was direct election which is where citizens themselves vote for who will be senator
-patronage - giving government jobs to the people who helped the president get elected