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28 Cards in this Set
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coxey's army
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1890, disgruntled umemployed people led by coxey march on washington demanding jobs
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pollock vs. farmer's loan and trust
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makes graduated income tax illegal (graduated part)
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mckinley tariff
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1890 (mck not yet president), pushes tariff up to 48%
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wilson-gorman tariff
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1894, lowers tariff to 41%, introduceds GRADUATED income tax
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dingley tariff
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1897, raises tariff back up to 46.5%
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Pendleton Act
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requires government office holders to take intelligence test and makes it so they can have any income levels
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bessemer/kelly steel making process
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revolutionizes steel production! drives industrial boom
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how major inventions of ind. rev. came about
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civil war created a market for them, patent office offered incentive for inventors
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interstate commerce association
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1897, railroads must charge fair rates, creates icc, no real teeth
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sherman anti-trust act
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1890, tries to stop trusts, monopolies NO TEETH
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a century of dishonor
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book describing injustices indians faced b/c of white man
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how grange becomes farmers alliance
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get support of from bleeding heart liberals
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settlement of oklahoma
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the land of native americans is given away in races
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popular sports
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baseball, football, basketball
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education
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emphasis on primary and secondary schooling, less formal more vocational
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adult education
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chatakua movement (traveling lectures)
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cattle drives and small ranches
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way of life, open rage cattle goes to terminal cities where trains provide transportation, OPEN RANGES CLOSED W/ INVENTION OF BARBED WIRE
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mark twain
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samuel longhorn clemens, coined gilded age term, wrote huck finn, tom sawyer, was a reporter at first
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edward bellamy
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wrote utopian novel looking backwards, SOCIALIST
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eugene debs
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union organizer and later a commie
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brett harte
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author and politician wrote about ca
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james b. duke
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gives lots of money to trinity college and they change the name to duke university
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mugwamps
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republicans who vote for cleveland
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mulligan letters
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during election between blaine and cleveland, they confirmed blaine was hella sketchy (about hasty railroad deal) SPLITS REPUBLICAN PARTY
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merchison letters
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some idiot asks english ambassador who he should vote for, english guy says cleveland b/c that would benefit england PISSES OFF THE IRISH, LOSES CLEVELAND THE ELECTION
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george bancroft
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us historian
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stephen crane
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american poet, RED BADGE OF COURAGE
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terrence powderly
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knights of labor!!
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