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23 Cards in this Set
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PANIC OF 1893
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•The Panic of 1893 was a serious economic depression in the United States that began in 1893. Similar to the Panic of 1873, this panic was caused by railroad overbuilding and shaky railroad financing which set off a series of bank failures
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COXEY'S ARMY
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•Coxey's Army was a protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by the populist Jacob Coxey. They marched on Washington D.C. in 1894, the second year of a four-year economic depression that was the worst in United States history to that time
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pullman strike
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•The Pullman Strike was a nationwide conflict between labor unions and railroads that occurred in the United States in 1894.
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IN RE DEBS
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•In re Debs, 158 U.S. 564 (1895), was a United States Supreme Court decision handed down concerning Eugene V. Debs and labor unions
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WILSON-GORMAN TARIFF ACT
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•The Revenue Act or Wilson-Gorman Tariff of 1894 (ch. 349, §73, , August 27, 1894) slightly reduced the United States tariff rates from the numbers set in the 1890 McKinley tariff and imposed a 2% income tax. It is named for William
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ROMANTICISM VS REALISM
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the writing and styles shifted to more realistic
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COIN'S FINANICAL SCHOOL
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•Coin's Financial School was a popular pamphlet written in 1893 that helped popularize the free silver and populist movements
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WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
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Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 1896, 1900 and 1908, a lawyer, and the 41st United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson. He was noted for a deep, commanding voice
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CROSS OF GOLD SPEECH
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•The Cross of Gold speech was delivered by William Jennings Bryan at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 9, 1896. The speech advocated bimetallism
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GOLD STANDARD ACT
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•The Gold Standard Act of the United States was passed in 1900 (ratified on March 14) and established gold as the only standard for redeeming paper money, stopping bimetallism (which had allowed silver in exchange for gold). It was signed by President William McKinley
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GREENBACK-LABOR PARTY
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•The Greenback Party (also known as the Independent Party, the National Party, and the Greenback-Labor Party) was an American political party with an antimonopoly ideology that was active between 1874 and 1884. ...
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INDUSTRIAL BLACK FRIDAY
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a rope trust failed setting off a wallstreet selling panic
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MINOR V. HAPPERSET
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upheld right to refuse women the vote
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POLL TAX
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tax used in the south to restrict blacks from voting
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WILLIAMS V. MISSISSIPPI
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upheld literacy tests
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LITERACY TEST
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used to restrict uneducated blacks from voting
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GRANDFATHER CLAUSE
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allowed whites who couldn't pass literacy test to vote if their dad/ grandpa voted
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HOMESTEAD ACT
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gave 160 acres to anyone who agreed to work it and improve it
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MUNN V. ILLINOIS
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upheld a illinois law to regulate railroads
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WABASH DECISION
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narrowed munn, states only control railroads that stay within their state
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ICC
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investigate and oversee railroad activity
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT
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created ICC, prototype of government regulation
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BLAND-ALLISON SILVER PURCHASE ACT
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partial coinage of silver, passed over hayes' veto
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