HIS 119S Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Interstate Commerce Act Of 1887, Dawes Act, Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
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1880 french built canal in panama violating the monroe doctrine (cid:1005)88(cid:1004)"s the dust bo(cid:449)l begins. 1881 tuskegee institute equipped african americans with teaching diplomas and useful skills in the trades and agriculture, started by booker t. washington. 1881 sioux chief sitting bull leads the final group of his tribe, still fugitive from the reservations, and surrenders to the u. s. troops at fort buford, montana. 1881 formed standard oil trust by john d. rockefeller. 1882 chinese exclusion act banned chinese immigration in the u. s for a total of 40 years because the. 1883 pendleton civil service act an act that created a federal civil service so that the hiring and promotions would be based on merit rather than patronage no more spoils system. 1883 civil rights cases; allowed individual discrimination. Garfield defeats hancock; garfield assassinated by julius guiteau; arthur takes over. Arthur republican from new york and he was a former union general.
