Vocabulary -Sherman Antitrust Act -Who/What: a law that made it illegal to create monopolies or trusts that restrained free trade -When: 1890‚ United States -Historical Importance: Allowed for free trade to occur with nothing to stop it. -Sweatshops -Who/What: small workshop set up in a tenement rather than in centralized factories -When: early 1900s‚ United States -Historical Importance: They showed how horrible it was to live in bad conditions. -Knights of Labor -Who/What: secret
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The Labor Movement generated opposition from both the government and the public since them both saw unions as violent and lawless. The government used force to control the unions showing their disgust for the views and actions of these organizations. Well- organized and growing businesses took the advantage in the struggle with labor‚ so the workers started labor unions. The very first labor union‚ The National Labor Union was started in 1866. This union lasted for six years and had 600‚000 members
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Lizzie has always consistently been there for me since day one. Even though Lizzie tried to get me stirred‚ I couldn’t handle much more. Last summer‚ before the season started I went to this place called Cleveland Basketball School where you go for a nonstop 2 hour workout session or routine. Since my parents paid so much for this camp‚ and Dominique still consists on saying ridiculous comments to me‚ it eventually made me upset. Then at that very second‚ my head almost bursted because of what I
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The election of 1896 Christopher Bailey 20th Century US history To better understand the election of 1896 it is important to understand the events leading up to the presidential election. The year is 1893 and Grover Cleveland is president of the United States‚ in this year great change was coming to the United States mainly an economic depression causing most people especially farmers and ranchers to demand change in Washington. During this time period the federal government was weak making
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people were killed.[1][2] The federal government secured a federal court injunction against the union‚ Debs‚ and the top leaders‚ ordering them to stop interfering with trains that carried mail cars. After the strikers refused‚ President Grover Cleveland ordered in the Army to stop the strikers from obstructing the trains.
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Chapter 20 Outline Party politics in an Era of Social and Economic Upheaval Contested Political Vision • Political parties in the nineteenth century energized voters by appealing to their economic self interests and by linking their programs to deeply held beliefs about the nature of the family and the proper role of the government. o Republicans: b4 the civil war‚ the Rep. had enhanced economic opportunity by using gov. authority to expand railroads‚ increase tariff protection
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The Cleveland Museum of art has a major collection of works from Italy‚ roman‚ Egyptian‚ and African art. Also‚ the great collection of earthly painting‚ religious painting and sculptures go back to Ancient Rome and Greece. Various forms of art can be individual from other collection such as sculpture‚ portraits‚ and earthly‚ religious paintings. The Annunciation‚ by Bouts at the Cleveland museum of art falls into the category of religious art. The artist that made this painting‚ Albert Bouts‚ is
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1881: Garfield is assassinated. Chester Arthur becomes president 1884: Grover Cleveland is elected president 1886: Haymarket riot turns public sentiment against unions 1889: Oklahoma opened for settlement; the land rush begins 1890: Sioux are massacred at Wounded Knee 1890: Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act 1893: Diminished US gold reserve triggers the panic of 1893 1894: President Cleveland sends federal troops to Illinois to end the Pullman strike 1896: William McKinley
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Politicians during this time period worried more about ensuring their own financial success‚ securing votes by any means‚ granting jobs or favors in return for votes‚ and remaining popular. They were not concerned with social issues‚ but supported or crushed these issues in accordance with the decision that would benefit them personally. If politicians were judged to be good personally‚ they were automatically viewed as good politically. Changes were made for personal benefit‚ not the good of the
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least active in U.S history. False 11. Which of the following was a Democrat who served as President? Grover Cleveland 12. As the leader of the unemployed marching on Washington‚ he demanded that the government fund jobs. Jacob Coxey 13. Which of the following was NOT part of the Republican party’s platform in the post-Civil War period? Decentralized government power 14. President Cleveland broke the Pullman strike on grounds that it had : obstructed the delivery of mail 15. The grandfather clause
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