“where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” select one of the essay questions below to answer i choose this one, those words were spoken by frederick douglass in a speech in 1886, but they express a sentiment that could relate to most of the early nineteenth-century reform movements. choose one of these reform movements and explain how douglass’s statement applies to that movement. include specific details about the reform movement’s origins, goals, obstacles, and advocates. would anyone be willing to me for 25 points?

How did the Pendleton Civil Service Act weaken the spoils system after President Garfield died?

The act forced federal employees to pass competitive exams.

The act said that federal employees could be fired for political reasons.

The act said that company contracts and kickbacks were illegal.

The act stopped the reform movement in its tracks.

the assassination of president lincoln was just one part of a larger plot to decapitate the federal government of the u.s. after the civil war. the first reaction to lincoln’s death was disbelief. then it quickly changed to grief. abraham lincoln’s death created an outpouring of grief from citizens in both the north and the south.

explanation:

lincoln was the first u.s. president to be assassinated. president abraham lincoln, america’s civil war leader, was assassinated just five days after confederate general robert e. lee surrendered his army at appomattox court house, ending the four-year war between the states. on the evening of april 14, 1865, lincoln was attending a performance of our american cousin at ford’s theatre in washington, d.c. john wilkes booth – a 26-year old actor, confederate sympathizer, and white supremacist – slipped into the presidential box and shot lincoln in the head. john wilkes booth and his conspirators had initially planned to kidnap lincoln to save the confederate states. but as the confederacy faltered, booth’s thoughts turned to murder. booth may have decided to act on his hatred after lincoln endorsed giving the right to vote to african-american men who had served in the union army.

the corporations allowed investment without risk of personal property, fueling the growth of new businesses.