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the revolution
-this newspaper was established by womens rights activit susan b anthony and elizabeth cady staton
-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 beiong disputed when it would have been difficult for them to make their voices heard
-it helped them stregthen 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 and supply to help for farmers and workers
-the purpose was manily towards struggling farmers and desporate laborers
-the movement is associated with granger (the farmers movement) -
Assassination of president Garfield
Charles J. Guiteau, American writer/lawyer.
He shot president Garfield in the back because he had mental problems and thought God told him to do it. He believed he killed him with the gun shot, but Garfield actually died from an infection caused my an unsanitized surgery -
Pendleton Act
-President garfield was shot two times by charles guiteau whom turned a job down chester athur became president
-officals could no longer pressure employees for compaign contributions
-patronage system is a practice in which a political party after winning an election gives government jobs to its supporters
-merit system is the process of promoting and hiring government employees based on their ability to perform a job -
interstate commerce act
-the act created a federal regulatory agency which it charged with monitoring railroads to ensure that they complied with new regulations
-first law to regulate private industry in US
-the power of the act is to the railroad rates be "reasonable 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 arrangements where 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 regulating private business -
sherman antitrust act
-purpose was to prohibit trust, trust were arrangement where 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 to regulation private business
-standard oil felt pressure from government
-andrew carnegie accummlation of great wealth by a few in any capitalist society -
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harsh working conditons
the children were paid less then 10 cents an hour
women earned 267 a year and mens average was 498 -
red record
-ida b wells the cofounder of the NAACP, wrote the red record
-the central topic were being treated, for example some would get lynched, some of the states that were treated horribly alabama, lousiana, mississippi, south carolina and texas and what they would be punished for
-the red records effect on society is the states being recognizing the seriousness of these subject and began taking action -
plessy v ferfuson
black train passenger, homer plessy refused to sit in a jim crow bar, breaking louisiana law
by a 7-1 vote the court said that a state law that implies merely a legal distinction -
discovery gold in the klondike region
-the klondike gond rush was an event of migration by an estimated 100,000 people prospectring 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 nationwide and many people quit their jobs and then left for the klondike river
-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 journalist who wrote laregly for all popular magazines as investigate -
pure food and drug act
-the cause of the pure food and drug act was because of 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 food and from products identified as healthful without scientific support
-the pure food and drug act, had responsibility oftesting all foods and drugs destined for human consuption and the requirements for prescriptions -
the jungle
written by muckracking journalist upton sinclair
focus was the human condition in the stockyards of chicago
magnified the sickening conditions of the meat packing industry -
16th amendment
allows congress to levy an income tax on the people -
NAACP
-W.E.D. Du bois, ida b wells
-founded tp fight the plessy v.s. ferguson
-fought for equal rights for african americans
-the NAACP's principle objective is to ensure political education, 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
-they defeated in the republic primaries and broke off
-the party advoacted 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 stregthen 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 of 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 senetor
-patronage - giving government jobs to the people who helped the president get elected -
18th amendment
temperance: restraint or moderation from drinking
nation wide ban of alcohol