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milkshakegrande101
29.09.2021 • 
History

I am working on this project and I need help badly. I only have till 12 tonight to finish this. Basically its Before and After reform questions
I am gonna take a picture of the Aftwr Reform and then uh List the Before Reform
Much obliged

Questions :

Political leaders often lined up voters who were willing to be bought and gave them bolots on easily identifiable colored paper. Counterfeiting ballots, stuffing ballot boxes, and other illagd proctices were widespread.

In New York City and other large urban areas, party bosses controlled strong political machines. Favors were done for people in rebum for their votes. Bribes were regularly accepted. "Boss' William Tweed of New York was the worst of the comupt pofticians, stealing an estimated $30 million or more of the taxpayer's money

In spite of the passage of the Interstate Commerce Act, railroad rates remained excessively high Railroad companies found ways to avoid paying lower rates set by the Interstate Commerce Commission

Workers, including women and children were frequently on the job 12 to 14 hours a day, six or seven days a week. Wages were terribly low. Bad working conditions often caused illness and accidents,

Many big businesses become monopolies or trusts. One company or several companies working together, gained control of an industry, such as oil They charged high prices because there was no competition to hold prices down

Terrible conditions existed in the food processing industry. Upton Sinclair, a muckraker, told how packing houses often kept meat on dirty floors. He found that chopped meat sometimes contained rat hairs, wood splinters, bits of rope, or pieces of spoiled meat

Wilderness areas were being ruined. Great buffalo herds disappeared, the passenger pigeon became extinct, and other forms of wildlife were threatened. Government land and mineral resources were either sold cheaply or given away.

Taxes were usually based on the amount of property a person owned. But many wealthy peoole hid some of their property from the government Consequently, they oid not pay their fair share of the taxes being collected

The two Senators that each state sent to Congress were chosen by the members of the various state legislatures.

Ony male citizens 21 or older could vote. in 1869, Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the Nationa Woman Suffrage Association which compaigned for the right to vote.

[ HOLY that's alot to read. so sorry ): Take your time tho, just tell me the letter they match to and I'll handle the rest <3 ]


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