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14 de set. de 2022 · This trend reversed in the 1890s as reporters began to hound affluent or influential citizens in search of scandal or newsworthy detail. 1 However, while urban newspapers could easily report on private citizens due to the sheer number of people, more rural newspapers could not write anything derogatory about individuals given the much closer community ties. 2
The 1890s decade would lead the country down a path of economic depression, political reform, labor unrest (see Chapter 3), and agrarian (relating to land and rural matters) revolt, and war. America, which had just reunified itself after the Civil War (1861–65) and its issues of slavery and the economy of the South , would once again find itself divided, this time by issues of politics and ...
24 de abr. de 2021 · Timeline from 1870 to 1880. Getty Images. By. Robert McNamara. Updated on April 24, 2021. 1870. 1870: Thomas Nast, the star political cartoonist of Harper's Weekly, began a campaign of lampoon the corrupt "ring" that secretly ran New York City. Nast's biting depictions of the Tweed Ring helped bring down Boss Tweed. February 3, 1870: The 15th ...
16 de ago. de 2019 · July 2, 1881: President James Garfield is shot and wounded by Charles Guiteau at a Washington, D.C. train station. July 14, 1881: Outlaw Billy the Kid is shot and killed by lawman Pat Garrett in the New Mexico territory. September 19, 1881: President James Garfield succumbs to the gunshot wound he'd received 11 weeks earlier.
The Populists were an agrarian-based political movement aimed at improving conditions for the country’s farmers and agrarian workers. The Populist movement was preceded by the Farmer’s Alliance and the Grange. The People’s Party was a political party founded in 1891 by leaders of the Populist movement.
1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1890th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 890th year of the 2nd millennium, the 90th year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1890s decade.
Heeding Mahan’s advice, the government moved quickly, passing the Naval Act of 1890, which set production levels for a new, modern fleet. By 1898, the government had succeeded in increasing the size of the U.S. Navy to an active fleet of 160 vessels, of which 114 were newly built of steel. In addition, the fleet now included six battleships ...
