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This established the reservation system
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THe United States first major national labor union , that advocated for broad social and economic reform, ending child labor, and equal pay.
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lasted from 1873-1879, caused bank failures, unemployment, and industrial decline
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U.S Supreme Court case that the court upheld the power of the government to regulate private industries.
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A deal that settled the 1876 election. Under the election of Rutherford B. Hayes, federal troops were removed from the South, ending the era of reconstruction.
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After economic depression the Ohio Railroad COmpany had to lower wages for the 3rd time in the year. When laborers stopped working, Hayes responded by sending federal troops to protect the railroad. This was the first time soldiers were used for labor matters
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Act of COngress, making the U.S Treasury to buy specific amounts of silver to put into circulation as silver dollars.
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A novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson shedding light on the mistreatment of indians. This led to some Americans sympathizing for the Natives
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Booker T. Washington created Tuskegee University to encourage other African AMericans to learn trades and become more economically self-sufficient
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civil service reform mandating that positions in federal government should be awarded on merit and not political affiliation.
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First immigration law enacted in the United States.
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THis Act denied additional CHinese laborers from entering the country,only letting student and merchants to migrate.
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5 legal supreme court cases,that ended into a ruling that was unconstitutional, ending in the approval of Jim Crow Laws.
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Prohibited the importation and migration of foreigners under an agreement to perform labor in the US
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THe AMerican Federation of Labor was founded by Samuel GOmpers. The union wanted better wages, work hours,and working conditions.
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Local police opened fire on a crowd of 1500, due to a protest of anarchists wanting 8 hour work days that were unsuccessful.
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Supreme Court Case decision that severely limited the rights of states to control interstate commerce.
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This law established the Interstate Commerce Commission to monitor the business operation of carriers transporting goods and people as a means of regulating railroad prices.
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divided Indian reservation land into several private family plots.
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An amendment passed providing the creation of homestead settlements in the unassigned lands, this states territory was officially opened.
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Hull house was founded in 1889, as the first settlement house in Chicago by Jane Addams. It was a place where immigrants could live and learn after migrating to the United states
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supported lowering tariffs and to support the poorest population of society. The platform also in support of the establishment of sub treasuries which would allow farmers to store goods until the demand increased
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The Sherman Silver Purchase Act required the U.S government to purchase twice as much silver as before, and added to the money already in circulation to replace the Bland-Allison Act of 1878.
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The Morrill Act made states establish separate land grant institutions or African American student to show that admission was not restricted by race. It also gave federal funds for agricultural education.
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The Sherman Anti-trust Act was the first federal act against monopolies, used during Roosevelts presidency for labor unions.
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The National American Woman Suffrage Association was founded in 1890, by leading suffragists to organize the women's suffrage movement. It was led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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The McKinley Tariff increased protective tariffs on imported goods by 50% to protect domestic industries. It shielded U.S manufacturing and increased consumer prices that triggered political consequences, costing Republicans to loose the 1890 election.
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The U.S government officials banned the religion "Ghost Dance" in South Dakota. Trying to hold up this ban, soldiers opened fire killing and wounding many of the Lakota people.
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Sierra Club was founded in 1892 by John Muir, it was the oldest and the largest environmental organization in the U.S
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Immigration station in New York that opened in 1892, in which new migrants had to pass medical and document examination and pay entry to formally be allowed in the U.S
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Homestead Steel Workers were in retaliation against wage cuts, the protest was taken down by the Pinkerton Police, damaging the union due to the violence.
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An economic depression due to railroad companies overestimating themselves, causing bank failures. It was the worse economic crash in AMerican history till that point.
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The Anti-Saloon League was founded in 1893, become one of the most successful political activist group that forced the issue of prohibition, to state and local election.
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Reduced U.S tariff rates from numbers set by the McKinley Tariff in 1890 and also imposed a 2% tax rate
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Major protest of unemployed U.S workers led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey. The group march on Washington DC to protest the unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893.
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Pullman lowered wages to lower rent in "Company Town". Because of this, the American railway union refused to move train cars, gaining nothing when CLeveland shut down the strike.
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This U.S Supreme Court case decision legalized state ordered segregation as long as facilities for both black and white were equal.
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Introduced by Nelson Dingley to raise taxes to counteract the decrease from the Wilson-Gorman Tariff in 1894