the sherman antitrust act

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the sherman antitrust act
in 1890 the Sherman antitrust act band
monopolies and trusts. But it was to weak and so
the Clayton act was made to strengthen the
Sherman antitrust act and some states made laws
to enhance the Sherman antitrust act.
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Booker T. Washington ( 1856- 1915)
He wanted to increase the rights of African
Americans through higher education not more
fighting. He was a teacher at a university in
Tuskegee, ala. He was a advisor to the president
to talk about racial problems, this helped the
African Americans . He established a university
near the school he taught in and because of his
efforts he proved, by the way he lived, that
African Americans could improve their lives
through education.
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Upton Simclair
He was born September 20, 1878. He wrote many
books but the one he is most famous for the book
The Jungle in 1906. When he wrote the book The
Jungle he shoed no morsels to the people who ran
the slaughter house just for the people who
worked on the cows. After the book was publish
and a lot of people read the book the slaughter
house he wrote about was shut down and MENY laws
were past to prevent diseases from spreading to
other people. Thats what he did to help us.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton.(Women's rights movement)
Elizabeth cady Stanton led the womens rights
movement.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Of Johnstown, N.Y.,
November. 12th 1815.
She was active in the antislavery and temperance
movements but gave much of her time to womens
issues, marrying abolitionist Henry B. Stanton
in 1840 ,she persisted on the omission of obey
from marriage vows.
The first convention, for the Womens rights
movement, which was held in Seneca falls
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Carrie Nation traveled to many places. She didnt
just attack people with her hatchet, she also
gave speeches.
Carrie Nation was against alcohol. She tried to
get rid of it but no one was listening so she
started destroying stocks of liquor and wrecking
furniture with hatchet
Carrie Nation was completely against alcohol
because her husband was an alcoholic and made her
life awful.
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George Washington Carver

• George Washing ton Carver was born as a slave
  1861 and he died January 1943.
• George wanted to leave to acquire an education.
  George tried to apply to Kansas college but they
  didnt except him. He eventually went to college.
  George tried to help working farmers. He tried
  to make cultivating a lot easier for famers.
  George found out that peanuts were an excellent
  product for the south. George made 300 different
  things out of peanut butter. He made a better
  life for the slaves of the south.

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Lewis Hine
Lewis Hines is was good photographer. He is
so important because he help in the 1911
Lewis got hired by the National child labor
committee. And he used his picture
documentation of child labor abuses to bring
about corrective legislation
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Square Deal
The Square Deal was made in 1904 by Theodore
Roosevelt when he ran for president
The main target of the square deal was the
railroads because the farmers could not afford to
ship their crops across the country
It was a promise that all Americans would have
the same opportunity to succeed
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John Muir

• National parks greatly benefitted with the help
  of John Muir
• Helped set aside 60 million acres for the
  national park system.
• Walked form Indianapolis to the Gulf of Mexico
• Established the sequoia and Yosemite national
  parks.

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Teddy Roosevelt (Trusts Monopolies)
Trusts and monopolies were banned because of
Teddy Roosevelt. He was also known as the Trust
Buster.
Teddy Roosevelt was the first president to
abolish 44 trusts during his two terms as
president.
Teddy Roosevelt was born on October 27th, 1858
and died on January 6, 1919.
Teddy Roosevelt was the 26th President of the
United States of America.
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atarbell
2 She wrote a book called The History of the
Standard Oil Company. One quote is, You could
argue its existence from its effects, but you
could not prove it. Said, Ida Tarbell.
3 Ida Tarbell ended the power of Trusts and
Monopolies, by publishing a story on John D.
Rockefellers plan to cheap people out.

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Ida Tarbell brings down trusts and monopolies
1 Ida Tarbell was a reform journalist. She is
known for her exposing of John D. Rockefellers
money scheming plot, for the Standard Oil
Company.
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Susan B. Anthony

• 2. Susan B. Anthony founded the National
  American Woman Suffrage Association in 1869. She
  also organized the International Council of Women
  in 1888. Also the International Woman Suffrage
  Alliance in 1904.

• At 17 years old Susan B. Anthony went complaining
  for woman teachers so they could have equal pay.

3.She traveled all over to give speeches and
organize womans rights groups.
Woman's Rights
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Thomas NastStops Corruption in Cities

• Thomas Nast attended classes at New York's
  National Academy of Design. When he was 15, Nast
  got a job as an artist on Frank Leslie's
  Illustrated Newspaper. In 1859 he began
  contributing cartoons to Harper's Weekly. He also
  accepted an offer from the New York Illustrated
  News and later went to Europe to draw pictures of
  news events there.
• Thomas Nast drew pictures of soldiers in training
  camps. Also One of his most noted cartoons is
  called The Tammany Tiger Loose'.

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He was known as the father of American
conservation mainly because of his great and
unrelenting protection of American forests.
He was the primary founder of the Society of
American Foresters. He served as a chief with
great distinction, motivating people to protect
National Forests.
Gifford Pinchot
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About the N.A.A.C.P
What do they do? The N.A.A.C.P. was an
organization to stop discrimination.
What is the N.A.A.C.P The N.A.A.C.P. stands for
the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People.

• WHEN DID THE N.A.A.C.P. START ?
• THE N.A.A.C.P.WAS CREATED TO APPOSE Radical
  discrimination and to safe guard and to help
  African Americans get more rights.

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Women's Christian temperance union
Founded in 1874
Founded in Cleveland, Ohio
They started protest, marching in saloons,
singing hymns, praying dumping liquor barrels,
destroying property, and forcing liquor sellers
to close their businesses
Eliminating alcohol usage
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Jacob Riis

• Jacob Riis was a reporter for the United States
  who helped by showing people the slum conditions.
  His job was to make sure that all of the
  dangerous things/bad were exposed to everybody.
  He exposed that in some tenements the infant
  death rate was 1 out of 10. he became very famous
  and make a book called How The Other Half Lives.

He was born on may 3rd 1849 Ribe Denmark He died
on may 26th 1914