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34 Cards in this Set
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Minor V. Happerset
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The Supreme Court upheld the power of the states to deny the right to vote to women.
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Poll Tax
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Made voters pay an annual tax for the right to vote.
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Williams V. Mississippi
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Case in which the Supreme Court upheld the right of states to have literacy tests.
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Literacy Test
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Required voters to be able to read and interpret the federal Constitution to the satisfaction of registration officials.
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Grandfather Clause
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Allowed those who failed to pass the literacy test to still vote if their fathers and grandfathers voted before 1867. No blacks were voting before that year.
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Homestead Act
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Granted subsidies to the transcontinental railroads, and pushed other measures to encourage economic growth.
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Munn V. Illinois
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The Supreme Court upheld that private property affected with the public interests must submit to being controlled by the public for the common good.
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Wabash Decision
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Narrowed the Munn ruling and held that states could not regulate commerce extending beyond their borders.
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ICC
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Was created to investigate and oversee railroad activities.
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Interstate Commerce Act
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Created the ICC. Outlawed rebates and pooling agreements.
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Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act
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Bill that called for the partial-coinage of silver.
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James G. Blaine
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Republican nominee during the Election of 1884. Barely lost to Grover Cleveland due to divisions within the Republican Party.
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Pendleton Act
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Reformed the civil service, creating a commission and guidelines for hiring government employees.
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McKinley Tariff Act
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Raised tariff duties by about 4 percent. Higher level than ever before. Meant to protect and promote domestic industrial growth.
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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The first federal attempt to regulate big business. Shaped an antitrust policy, which grew to include antilabor policies.
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US V. EC Knight
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The Supreme Court severely crippled the Sherman Antitrust Act.
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Sherman Silver Purchase Act
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Tried to put an end to the argument over silver v. gold. Put silver into the economy. Led to a depression.
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Silverites
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People that wanted the federal government to adopt silver as the standard of currency.
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Billion Dollar Congress
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The 51st Congress. Controlled by Republicans. First congress to spend 1 billion dollars in appropriations and pensions.
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National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union
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A joint group of unions and alliances that offered unified action to solve agricultural problems.
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Ocala Demands
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The platform of the Alliance. Demanding reform to the financial system and the justice system in a way that would benefit farmers.
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Populist Party
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People's Party. Formed to represent the farmers in the unions such as the Alliance.
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Greenback-Labor Party
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Wanted expanded printing of paper money, and labor to be provided for all.
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Industrial Black Friday
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Confidence in the stock market plummeted. People pulled out their stock. Businesses closed, stock market failed.
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Panic of 1893
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Became the greatest financial panic in the country until the Great Crash of 1929.
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Coxey's Army
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Group of people who marched to Washington with Coxey to demand jobs for the jobless. Coxey was arrested.
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Pullman Strike
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Eugene V. Debs led the strike, shutting down all transportation in and out of Chicago. Paralyzed the rail system in the western half of the country. Debs is arrested.
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In Re Debs
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The Supreme Court endorsed the use of the injunction in labor disputes. Gave businesses a way to combat labor unions.
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Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act
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Created by Democrats to lower duties. Failed and was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1895.
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Romanticism vs Realism
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The unrealistic fantasy novels of the Civil War were being challenged by books containing what the world is really like.
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Coin's Financial School
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Silver pamphlet, with a youth tutoring famous people on the currency.
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William Jennings Bryan
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Using virtue, and a merchandising approach to the campaign process, he travelled throughout the country giving speeches. Still lost to McKinley in the election.
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Cross of Gold Speech
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Speech given by Bryan urging the government to coin silver, and not hang on the "cross of gold."
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Gold Standard Act
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Declared gold the standard of currency and ended the silver controversy that had dominated the 1890's.
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