Just shy of his 52nd birthday‚ Chester Arthur became the 21st U.S. president on September 19th‚1881 after the assassination of President James Garfield. He served until March 4th‚ 1885. One of his biggest accomplishments was the passage of the Pendleton Act of 1883 which dictated that government job appointments be merit based. This was a surprise to many as his rise to power came through machine politics. He also tried to lower tariffs. He vetoed the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 but was overridden
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Andrew Carnegie vs. John Rockefeller During the 1800’s‚ two men started as poor‚ working class citizens with a dream‚ a dream to become wealthy and be able to support their families. Both of these men made their dreams come true by ruthless tactics and sometimes were looked down on. These two men were Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller‚ the original entrepreneurs of America. Both men acquired mass fortunes and lived extravagant lives after they had retired‚ but they used their money for good;
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because they believed that if they could improve their living conditions people would eventually improve as well and in the long run it would benefit the United States as a country and make it stronger. In 1907 the economy had a huge crash this lead Theodore Roosevelt to take action in it. This is shown in the political cartoon in Document A. We can see that he is stepping on bad trust‚ showing that he is getting rid of it. In addition to that‚ new ideas for education burst; these ideas essentially
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Friday Oct 18th 8:00 AM DUE Youngmin Son How did the Progressive movement successfully improve the lives of the average American between 1890 and 1920? Between 1890 and 1920‚ the progressive movement successfully improved the lives of the average American. The purpose of the progressive was to bring reforms that would correct problems that industrialization and urbanization had created troubling social and political problems. Some problems included women’s right to vote‚ child
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war- aggressive attitude American Attitudes Reverend Josiah Strong: Author of “Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis Theory was that Anglo- Saxton civilization is superior and American religion and values need to be spread Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge (Massachusetts Senator): Promoted Social Darwinism (the earth belonged to the strong and fit) Alfred Thayer Mahan: Author of “The Influence of Sea Power upon History‚ 1660-1783” Control of the sea is key to world
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“The Path of Empire” Guided Notes America Turns Outward Imperialist Stirrings * Farmers and Factory owners began to look for markets beyond American shores as agricultural and industrial production boomed. * Many Americans believed that the United States had to expand or explode. * Their country was bursting with a new sense of power generated by the robust growth in population‚ wealth‚ and productive capacity and it was trembling from the hammer blows of labor violence and agrarian
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to a national level due to economical‚ political‚ and social interruptions. The period of social activism and political reform in the United States was known as the Progressive Era‚ however society still needed reforms even after that period. Theodore Roosevelt became our president after William Mckinley’s assassination‚ however his enforcements and actions weren’t accidental. He successfully enforced his "Square Deal" policy‚ in which he aggressively restricted big businesses from forming a monopoly
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Samuel Gompers was a labor union leader‚ and a very influential figure in US History. He was the founder of the AFL‚ the American Federation of Labor‚ and served as its president for many years. Through this organization he hoped to fight against corporations for the rights of its workers. Some of the things that he fought for were shorter hours and higher wages. This is because a lot of factory workers were working a ridiculous amount of hours while not receiving that much pay‚ which is most certainly
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The Social Worker As the wife of a popular United States president‚ Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City‚ October 11‚ 1884‚ and died November 7‚ 1962. She was an active worker for social causes. She was the niece of President Theodore Roosevelt‚ and was raised by her maternal grandmother after the premature death of her parents. In 1905 she married her cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt. They had six children‚ but one of them died in infancy. Although she was extremely shy‚ Eleanor
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Part 1: Terms The Dunning school of thought was named after William Dunning—a professor at Columbia University (1857-1922). Dunning was the first historian in 1900’s to look at the after civil war and reconstruction era. He came up with the idea that the South was a victim of the—Tragic Era—construction era. Dunning‘s vision depicts the slave holders as honorable men‚ while the “carpetbaggers” and “scalawags” as corrupts and opportunist who took advantage of the weakened South. Moreover‚ Dunning
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