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41 Cards in this Set
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Sherman silver purchase act
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moderate prosilver act passed by republicans in 1890 in exhange for a high tariff
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Billion dollar congress
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free spending legisl. of 1890 dominted by house speaker Thomas reed
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homestead act
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fed. law that offered generous land opportunities to poor farmers but provided wicked w/ hoaxes & fraud
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Marcus Hanna
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Ohioan businessman who believed gov was to aid business & supported McKinely
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Election of 1896
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repub Mckinely (winner) v. Democ William Jennings Bryan -death of the populist party
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Chivington Massacre
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Sand Creek, CO - 1864 militia killed more than 400 Indians
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sherman anti-trust act
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by Reed- was "supposed" to curb monopolies
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McKinely Tariff
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trade off for Sherman silver purchase act -highest peace time tarriff - avg=48.4%
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panic of 1893
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gold reserve dropped below $100 million - rr's bankrupt - 20% labor out of work
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Wilson Gorman tariff
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1894-replaced McKinely Tariff - went to 41%
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Coxey's Army
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led march of 500ppl fr Ohio to washington-upset w/ cong's lack of action - wanted them to relieve unemployment
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graduated income tax
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part of Wilson gorman tariff w/2% tax on incomessssss over $4000-eventually crt overturned
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Pollock vs Farmer's loan & trust
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crt ruled that incone can't be taxed
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Mary E. Lease
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-many speeches upbraiding moneyed aristocracy - "raise less corn & more hell"
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Greenback Labor Party
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farmer's grievences-elected 14 cong members & James b. weaver-for paper& rather than silver
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Farmer's Alliance
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many difer alliances - all had differ policiessss creating tension esp racially - replaced by grange
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Omahad platform
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(populist)-free coinage of silver,graduated incom tax, gov ownership of public utilities, low tariff,end to monopolies,lowimmigration
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Helen Hunt
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"a century of dishonor" - book on gov's ruthlessness dealing w/ the natives
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Oliver h. Kelly
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leader of the grange
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89-ers
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poured into OK territory on horses
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Ignatius Donnely
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A leader of the Populist Party in Minnesota
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Josiah Strong
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"our country" argued that the American country and people were superior because they were Anglo-Saxon
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Captain Alfred Thayler Mahan
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"Influence of Sea Power upon History" strong navy crucial to US becoming a world power
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Yellow Journalism
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Joseph Pulitzer&William Randolph Hearst-exaggerated & promoted war w/ Spain for Cuban independence
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De Lome letter
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Hearst stole letter fr Spanish minister Delome portraying McKinely as corrupt-insult against US
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USS Maine
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maine exloded in havana Habor killing 260-blaimed on Spanish-last straw
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Pan American Union
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James G. Blaine-tried to secure alliance in Western Hemisphere (Latin America) & offered lower trade tarrifs
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Root Takahira Agreement
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US & Japan would acknowledge open door policy
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Gentlemen's Agreement
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Jap wouldnt allow free flow of immigrants & US would make it easier for Jap in education and jobs
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Teller amendment
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war delcaration to Spain announcing US intention is soley to free Cuba
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Platt Amendment
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replaces teller amendm.-after Cuba gains independence- US reserves right to intervene in Cuba
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insular cases
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constituational law doesnt apply to non-Amer citizens
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Tydings McDuffie Act
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sets date for Filipino indpenence for July 4, 1946
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clayton bulwur treaty
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kept countries fr securing exclusive control over an isthmian canal (only joint efforts)
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hay pauncefote treaty
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overrides clayton bulwer-gives US exclusive rights to Latin American canal
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Hay Bunau Varilla treaty
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USs retains rights to 10 mile wize zone in Panama for 100 yrs
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Roosevelt corrollary (to the monroe doctrine)
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US could step in Latin Amer affairs when needed
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Russo-Japanese War
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Roosevelt resolves w/ Treaty of Portsmouth & wins nobel peace prize
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"splendid little war"
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John Hay coined for the Spanish American war
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Dollary Diplomacy
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under Prez Howard Taft- Wall street money would be used to uphold foreign policy
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treaty of paris aug, 1898
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ends spanish war
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