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APUSH Chapter 19: Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt (1865-1900)
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1. 1859 Charles In the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin argued organ-
Darwin's On the isms produce many more offspring than survive. The off-
Origin of Species spring with certain favorable characteristics adapt and live
is published while others die from starvation, disease or are killed by
predators. STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE DRIVES NAT-
URAL SELECTION. Up until the 1880, most people em-
braced the idea of biblical creationism. Many called Darwin
an atheist.
2. 1883 Congress President Chester Garfield was in office for a short time as
passes the he was shot and later died by an assassin, who wanted a
Pendleton Civil job as part of the spoils system. His death spurred concern
Service Reform and support for spoils system reform. His death enabled
Act George Pendleton, a senator from Ohio to pass the Act
that required 15 percent of federal jobs were filled by
results of competitive tests. The Pendleton Act provided
that federal government jobs be awarded on the basis of
merit and that government employees be selected through
competitive exams. The act also made it unlawful to fire or
demote for political reasons employees who were covered
by the law.
3. 1886 Supreme I886, when the Supreme Court ruled in Wabash v. Illinois
Court issues that the state of Illinois could not restrict the rates that
Wabash, St. the Wabash Railroad was charging because its freight
Louis, and Pacif- traffic moved between the states, and only the federal gov-
, APUSH Chapter 19: Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt (1865-1900)
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ic Railroad Com- ernment could regulate interstate commerce. Congress
pany v. Illinois passed the Interstate Commerce Act, which applied the
decision Constitution's "Commerce Clause"—granting Congress
the power "to Regulate Commerce with foreign Nations,
and among the several States"—to regulating railroad
rates. Small businesses and farmers were protesting that
the railroads charged them higher rates than larger corpo-
rations and that the railroads were also setting higher rates
for short hauls than for long-distance hauls. Although the
railroads claimed economic justification for policies that
favored big businesses, small shippers insisted that the
railroads were gouging them.
The sponsorship of the ICC followed the court decision
in attempt to increase federal government oversight of
railroad rates nationwide.
4. 1887 Interstate President Grover Cleveland signed the Congressional Act
Commerce Com- that created the ICC. The law empowered members to
mission is creat- ensure railroad freight rates were reasonable and just. ICC
ed was called a sham and railroads continued to charge high
rates and make secret pricing deals with large shippers.
5. 1890 Congress The Sherman Antitrust Act was passed in 1890 and re-
passes the Sher- flected a growing concern by the American public that the
man Anti-Trust growth and expansion of monopolies were detrimental to
Act the free market system of the United States and to its
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