Ch.20

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Minor v. Happerset

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This court case upheld the power of the states to deny the right of voting for women.

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Poll Tax

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Voters had to pay an annual tax for the right to vote.

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Williams v. Mississippi

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This court case upheld the literay test for voting which hurt poor whites and blacks.

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Grandfather Clause

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This stated that you could only vote if your father and grandfather voted before 1867, a time when blacks couldn't vote.

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Homestead Act

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This 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 stated that private property affected with the public interest must submit to being controlled by the public for the common good.

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Wabash Decision

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This 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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The Interstate Commerce Commission investigated and oversaw railroad activities.

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Interstate Commerce Act

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This created the Interstate Commerce Commission.

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Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act

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This was the partial coinage of silver that Congress passed over Hayes' veto.

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James G Blaine

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He was the Republican candidate in the election of 1884 that lost to Grover Cleveland.

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Pendleton Act

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This was passed by Arthur to reform the civil service.

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McKinley Tariff Act

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This raised tariff duties about four percent and allowed the president to lower duties if other countries did the same.

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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The first federal attempt to regulate big businesses.

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US V. EC Knight

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The first judicial interpretation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

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Sherman Silver Purchase Act

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This tried to end the troublesome problem presented by silver.

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Silverites

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They were the group who wanted silver included in the currency.

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Billion Dollar Congress

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This was the Republican Congress of 1890, who was one of the most important Congresses in American History.

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All the Alliances

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The National Farmers' Alliance, the Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union, and the Colored Farmers' National Alliance all had similar ideas. They felt that they were being treated poorly.

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Ocala Demands

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The provisions were a sub-treasury system, the free coinage of silver, an end to protective tariffs and national banks, a federal income tax, the direct election of senators, and regulation of railroads.

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Populist Party

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A third party in the election of 1892 that combined the Alliances.

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Greenback-Labor Party

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A third party in the election of 1880 that called for paper money instead of hard money.

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Industrial Black Friday

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This occurred on May 5, 1893 and was the worst day for the stock market until the Great Crash of 1929.

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Panic of 1893

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The financial panic that nearly destroyed the economy.

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Coxey's Army

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This was a group of unemployed people who marched to Washington to demand more jobs.

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Pullman Strike

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One of the largest strikes in American history that paralyzed the western portion of the country.

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In Re Debs

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The Supreme court endorsed the use of the injunction in labor disputes, thus giving business and government an effective antilabor weapon that hindered union growth in the 1890's.

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Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act

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This reduced the tariff on coal, iron ore, wool, and surgar, ended the McKinley Tariff Act's popular reciprocity agreements with other countries, and moved some duties higher than ever before.

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Romanticism v. Realism

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Realism states what really is happening and romanticism is more fictitious.

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Coin's Financial School

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The most popular of all silver pamphlets, had the eloquent Coin, a wise but unknown youth, tutoring famous people on the currency.

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William Jennings Bryan

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He was the Democratic candidate that ran in the election of 1896 and 1900.

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Cross of Gold Speech

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This speech by Bryan captivated his audience and won him the Democratic presidential nomination for the election of 1896.

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Gold Standard Act

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This declared gold the standard of currency and ended the silver controversy that had dominated the 1890's.