Coinage Act of 1873

the building of the Continental Railroad. White laborers were outraged that the Chinese works were taking their jobs and reacted by working as hard as possible to make life hard for them. This came to a head when Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 that ended nearly all Chinese immigration until

Mississippi River. 8. Pendleton Act-It stated that federal employees do not have to require contributing to campaign funds nor be fired for political reasons. It suggested that government jobs should be awarded based on merit. 9. "Billion Dollar" Congress-It had about a billion excess in the Treasury. It passed the Pension Act that provided pension for Union Civil War veterans who could no longer work and solved the dilemma of the extra money. 10. Bland-Allison Act-It required federal government

reader of this paper would be getting the knowledge about the pros, cons and consequences of demonetization of Indian economy. KEYWORDS: Demonetization, circulation, Re-monetization, counterfeiting, legal tender. INTRODUCTION: Demonetization is the act of stripping a currency unit of its status as legal tender. It occurs whenever there is a change of national currency: The current form or forms of money is pulled from circulation and

United States. In 1873, the US stock market crashed which plunged the country into a deep depression (Brands, 2011). Individuals in the Western states believed that the influx of Asian immigrants was a factor into the disorder that the country was facing (Brands, 2011). Asian immigrants had come into the country as a means of building the Western transcontential railroads, but native US citizens fought against the influx of individuals from China would later get the Chinese Exclusion Act passed which

For many generations, adults and children alike have relished L. Frank Baum’s cleverly written bedtime story, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. On the surface, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz seems like an innocent fairy-tale that was written “solely to pleasure children today” ; however a deeper look into the main characters and symbolism inherent in the story, suggest an outlook into the Gilded Age. Many historians, beginning with Henry Littlefield, have interpreted The Wizard of Oz as being an allegory to

purchased crops from farmers and exported the crops to a wider market. They adjusted the food price through analyzing the economic situation and earned the maximum profits. Although farmers found Farmer’s alliance and the congress passed the hatch act, which provided federal funds for agriculture research and education, their situations did not improve. Workers also suffered due to the prosperity of big business since they had to work longer due to the invention of light bulb by Edison and the method

The Gilded Age * During the Gilded Age, American businesses were transformed: * Massive corporations replaced small, family businesses * New technology, transportation, marketing, labor relations, & efficient mass-production * By 1900, the U.S. was the most industrialized country in the world * 19th-century inventors led to an “Age of Invention”: * Cyrus Field’s telegraph cable * Business typewriters, cash registers, adding machines * High-speed textile

and arrive home. The Homestead Act provided settlers with 160 acres of surveyed public land. By living on the property for five years and improving it, a small fee would grant the settler the land. This served as a way to encourage the development of the family farm and fill in the normally unoccupied region in the Great Plains in which railroads facilitated this growth. Because of the severe environmental circumstances of the Great Plain region, the Homestead Act turned out to be less effective

Church and State: The Relationship of Religion and Currency Money and Religion. The two of the largest goals that have driven humans to do truly despicable things. Wars have been fought over differences of faith; Wars have been fought for financial gain. Two very powerful catalysts that span throughout time and geographical locales. People are motivated, the topics often spark powerful emotions even in day to day conversations. Often these two are what direct peoples' actions as well as opinions

Chapter 23 The "Bloody Shirt" Elects Grant The Republicans nominated General Grant for the presidency in 1868. The Republican Party supported the continuation of the Reconstruction of the South, while Grant stood on the platform of "just having peace." The Democrats nominated Horatio Seymour. Grant won the election of 1868. The Era of Good Stealings Jim Fisk and Jay Gould devised a plot to drastically raise the price of the gold market in 1869. On "Black Friday," September 24, 1869, the two bought