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Progressive Era Timeline for Struz
Made by Stephen Daniels in Period 2
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Stephen Daniels
⟶ Actualizado 14 feb 2018 ⟶
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1888 Election Rep-Harrison Dem-Cleveland Winner-Harrison-electoral college only, lost popular to Cleveland
Disability Pension Act-helped Civil War veterans
McKinley Tariff-increased tariff
1896 Election Rep-McKinley Dem-William Jennings Bryan Winner-McKinley
Dingley Tariff-raises tariff rate
Teller Amendment-US can never annex Cuba
1900 Election Rep-McKinley Dem-William Jennings Bryan Winner-McKinley-VP was TR
McKinley is assassinated by an anarchist making Teddy Roosevelt president
Women's Christian Temperance Union Founded- its in the name
Anti-Saloon League
Northern Securities Case- TR uses Sherman Anti-trust act to bust this trust
Anthracite Strike-sends in military on behalf of workers
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair- showed evils of meat-packing industry, leads to the creation of the FDA
1904 Election Rep-TR Dem-Alton B. Parker Winner-TR-ran on squre deal program-equal oppurtunity for all Americans
Elkins Act-eliminates rebates
Hepburn Act-ICC can set max rates and examine RR records
Pure Food and Drug Act-establishes FDA
Panic of 1907- J.P. Morgan bails out banks, leads to federal reserve
Payne-Aldrich Tariff-tried to lower, ended up staying the same
Ballinger-Pinchot controversy- conflict between two government officials over conservation
Mann-Elias Act-expands ICC with regualtion of telehpones/telegraphs and enforced long-haul/ short-haul ban
15th Amendment-no denial of right to vote based on race, color or previous servitude
16th Amendment-allows congress to institute an income tax
17th Amendment-direct election of senators
18th-prohibited manufacturing and sale of alcohol in the US
19th amendment-grants women suffrage
1908 Election Rep-Taft Dem-William Jennings Bryan Winner-Taft TR said he wouldn't run again
1912 Election Rep-Taft Dem-Woodrow Wilson Bull Moose-TR Winner-Wilson-TR was upset with Taft's policy so he came back to run again, allowing Wilson to win
Sherman Anti-Trust Act- outlawed monopolistic business practices
Underwood-Simmons tariff- lowers tariff substantially, starts graduated income tax
Federal Reserve Act-sets up Federal Reserve-central bank
Clayton Anti-Trust Act- expands on Sherman anti-trust act
Keating Owens Act-bans child labor products from interstate commerce- is found unconstitutional
Adamson Act- 8-hour workday for railroad workers
Civil Rights Cases- Congress cannot use the 14th amendment to outlaw racial segregation by private citizens
Plessy vs. Ferguson- Establishes "seperate but equal"
Cummings vs. County Board of Education- Public schools can be segregated
NAACP founded
Atlanta Compromise speech by Booker T. Washington-"5 fingers"
Fort Laramie Treaty-Natives get plains but US can build railroads
Gold is discovered in Pikes Peak leading to a gold rush in Native territory
Natives attacked in Sand Creek, CO
Captain Fetterman and his troops are defeated by the Lakota Sioux led by Crazy Horse
Fort Laramie Treaty 2-Lakota Sioux given reservation in Black Hills, SD, their most sacred alnd
Battle of the Little Bighorn- Lt. Custer is defeated soundly
Wounded Knee-caused by tensions that rose due to ghost dance movement led by Sitting Bull, 200 natives are slaughtered including SItting Bull
A Century of Dishonor- Helen Hunt Jackson- described dishonorable dealings with Natives
Dawes Severalty Act- Tribal lands divided into plots that are given to individual Natives
California Gold Rush
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
Homestead Act- Free 160 acres out west if farmed for 10 years
Joseph Glidden Patents Barbed Wire
OK Land Race- race for land plots in OK
National Grange Founded- precursor to Populists, fought against short haul price increase
Coinage Act-back on gold standard, cuases deflation
Bland-Allison Act- Requires Government to purchase 2-4 Million dollars of silver per month and mint it at a ratio of 16:1 compared to gold
Sherman Silver Purchase Act- purchase 4.5 million $ of silver per month and create certificates that could be exchanged for silver or gold, depleting US gold supply
Sherman Silver Purchase Act repealed
Populist Party founded-supported by poor farmers and urban laborers
1892 Election- Rep-Harrison Dem-Cleveland Populist-James Weaver Result-Cleveland wins
Gold Standard Act-firmly back on gold standard
Frontier is declared closed in US by governement
US is now world leader in industry
New South-Henry Grady-less dependent on Northern manufacturing, balance Southern economy
Standard width rail in South
Pullman(sleeping) Car
Refrigerated Cars invented
Train Air brakes invented
Steel railroad tracks used
Credit Mobilier Scandal
National Labor Union formed, fails becuase of politics and competition
Knights of Labor formed- secret meetings, no direct strikes, eventually fails
American Federation of Labor founded- focused on specific issues, skilled workers only. no women, advocated for strikes, survives to today
Haymarket Square Riot-Chicago, strike turned violent
Populists support the Democratic Party Nominee Bryan which causes them to lose their individuality and die out
Great RR Strike-WV- Supressed by troops
Miners Strike in Idaho
Homestead Lockout- at Carnegie Steel, became violent
Pullman Strike- Railway strike, broken up by federal troops sent by Cleveland
In re Debs-Govt. has right to regulate strikes through power to regulate interstate commerce
Chinese Exclusion Act- No Chinese immigration
American Protective Association founded- protected from Catholics
1868 Election Rep-Grant Dem-Horatio Seymour Winner-Grant
1872 Election Rep-Grant Dem-Greeley(kind of) Winner-Grant
1876 Election Rep-Hayes Dem-Tilden Winner-Hayes becomes president due to Compromise of 1877, he lost popular vote but won electoral college
Compromise of 1877-ends reconstruction in return for Hayes becoming president
1880 Election Rep-Garfield Dem-Hancock Winner-Garfield was a half-breed, his VP Arthur was a stalwart
Garfield is assassinated because of his stance on the spoils system and Chester Arthur becomes president
Pendelton Act-civil service reform
1884 Election Rep-Blaine(half-breed) Dem-Cleveland Winner-Cleveland-partially becuase of "mugwumps"- Republicans who supported cleveland
Depression of 1873
Depression of 1893
Wilson-Gorman Tariff- decreased tariff and instituted 1st peacetime income tax
ICC formed-government can regulate railroads
Wabash Case-overrules Granger laws and Munn v. Illinois, states have less control over interstate commerce
Granger Laws-State laws controlling railroad prices
Munn v. Illinois- 14th amendment doesn't prevent a state from regulating charges
J.P. Morgan buys Andrew Carnegie's steel company and forms U.S. Steel.
John Rockefeller forms the Standard Oil Trust which becomes very powerful later on
Períodos
Jim Crow Laws in the South
Gold is discovered in the Black Hills leading to Sioux War-US wins and takes 1/3 of reservation land
New immigration-mostly from Eastern and Southern Europe, Italians are the most attacked of this group, leads to neighborhoods separated by culture(Little Italy), rise in nativism
American Eugenics Movement
Andrew Johnson Presidency-impeachment was attempted
Grant Presidency-known for scandals
Hayes Presidency-against spoils system
Garfield Presidency
Arthur Presidency-acts more like a half-breed
Cleveland Presidency-anti-imperialist,heavy use of veto, a maverick
Harrison Presidency-couldn't name own cabinet due to campaign expenses
Cleveland Presidency 2-lowers tariff, institutes income tax
McKinley Presidency-big supporter of big business
T. Roosevelt Presidency-bully pulpit, trust busting, "big stick diplomacy"
Taft presidency-afraid of presidency power, busted lots of trusts, "dollar diplomacy"
Wilson Presidency-New Freedom