JMEJ250 Things we need to know about US History

Jacob Riis Publised How the other half of lives,1890

(Josh Murrell)Published in 1890 and sub-titled “Studies Among the Tenements of New York”, this book was written by Jacob Riis, a Danish immigrant, to expose the ill treatment of the tenement poor in

New York City. The book grew out of both his personal experience in the neighborhoods he wrote about, and his work as a reporter for the New York Tribune, where he started working as a police

reporter in 1877. He pioneered the use of flash photography, allowing him to capture and communicate in a very concrete way the misery of the tenements. In 1888, the New York Sun

published his essay “Flashes from the Slums: Pictures Taken in Dark Places by the Lightning Process,” and in 1889, Scribner’s published his photographic essay on city live which was to grow

into “How the Other Half Lives.”1

Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890

(Josh Murrell)An 1890 federal antitrust law intended to control or prohibit monopolies

by forbidding certain practices that restrain competition. In the early 1900s, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the act applied only to

unreasonable restraints of trade, and thus could be used only against blatant cases of monopoly.

Wounded knee Mascare 1890

(elizabeth martinez)North American Indians and representatives of the U.S. goverment hada

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Ellis Island opened 1892(elizabeth martinez)

Opened on January 1st 1892 it was the nations premier federal immigration station. Over 40% of Americas populatino can trace their ancestry through Ellis island.

Homestead Strike 1892

(elizabeth martinez)In Pennsylvania the skilled workers at the steel mills in HOmestead,

because they were being over workered. Nearly the whole town and others were dead at the end of this

Panic Of 1893(Josh Murrell)

A growing credit shortage created panic, resulting in a depression. Over the course of this depression 15,000 businesses, 600 banks, and 74 railroads failed. There was severe unemployment and wide-scale

protesting, which in some cases became very violent.

Pullman Strike, 1894 (Jesus Reyes)

The Pullmanstrike was a nonviolent strike that closed down the the western railroads. It happened because it was a protest against the

Pullman Cable Car Company due to their small wages.

Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896 (Jesus Reyes)

A man named Plessy sat on the white side of the bus (because he was white)

Election of 1896 (Michael Julian)

The United States presidential election of November 3, 1896, ended when Republican William McKinley defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan in a campaign that historians considered to

be one of the most dramatic and complex in American history.

Spanish - American War, 1898 (Michael

Julian)This was a conflict between the United states and Spain that resulted in

the acclamation of new US territories such as Cuba.

Open Control Policy 1899-1900 (Michael

Julian)This was a statement of principles made for the equalization of trade

btween countries with China in support of Chinese integrity and authority in trade.