Chapter 20

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Minor V. Happerset

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Supreme court decision upheld the power of the states to deny women the right to vote.

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Poll Tax

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Voters had to pay an annual tax to vote.

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Williams v. Mississippi

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Upheld the use of literacy tests in the south.

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Leteracy Test

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Literacy Test Used by southern states to exclude the poors and blacks from voting.

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Grandfather Clause

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Grandfather Clause Used to exclude only blacks from voting. Whites who failed literacy could still vote if their father or grandfather voted before 1867.

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Homestead Act

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Homestead Act Granted subsidies to the transcontinental railroad and pushed other measures to encourage economic growth.

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Munn V. Illinois

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Munn VS Illinois Supreme court upheld Illinois legislation. Declaring that private property affecting the public interest mus submit to being controlled by the public for the common good.

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Wabash Decision

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Wabash Decision Narrowed the Munn ruling and held that staters could not regulate commerce extending beyond their borders.

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ICC

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ICC Investigate and oversee railroad activity.

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Interstate Commerce Act

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Interstate Commerce Act Created ICC.

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Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act

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Called for partial coinage of silver.

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James G Blaine

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Pendleton Act Made to reform the civil service.

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Pendleton Act

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McKinley Tariff Act Raised tariff duties to 4%. Used duties to promote new industries

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Mckinley Tariff Act

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James G. Blaine Republican candidate in election of 1884.

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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Sherman Antitrust Act The first federal attempt to regulate business.

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US V. EC Knight

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US vs EC Knight The first judicial interpretation of the law.

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Sherman Silver Purchase Act

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Sherman Silver Purchase Act Treasury purchased 4.5 million ounces of silver a month and was to issue legal tender in form of treasury notes in payment for it.

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Silverites

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Silverities Happy with the government purchasing most of the country's silver supply.

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Billion Dollar Congress

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Billion Dollar Congress Passed a record number of significant laws that helped shape later policy and asserted the authority of the federal government to a degree the country would not then accept.

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NFAIU

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National farmers alliance and industrial union Promised unified action to all agricultural problems.

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Ocala Demands

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Ocala Demands Called for the creation of a sub-treasury system in return, farmers could claim treasury notes for up to 80% of the local market value of crop.

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Populist Party

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Populist Party Worked to unite black and white farmers.

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Greenback-Labor Party

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Greenback-labor Party In favor of paper money.

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Industrial Black Friday

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Industrial Black Friday Stocks plunged and a major panic struck in 1929. Wall streets worst crash since 1893.

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Panic of 1893

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Panic of 1893 Major stock market crash. Banks cut back in loans causing business to also crash.

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Coxey's Army

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Coxey and his army went to Washington to protest about the many people jobless and to promote Coxey's Good Roads.

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Ocala Demands

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Ocala Demands Called for the creation of a sub-treasury system in return, farmers could claim treasury notes for up to 80% of the local market value of crop.

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Pullman Strike

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One of the largest strikes in the country's history. When the employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company struck to protest wage cuts, continuing high rents and layoffs.

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Populist Party

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Populist Party Worked to unite black and white farmers.

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In Re Debbs

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

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Greenback-Labor Party

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Greenback-labor Party In favor of paper money.

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Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act

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reduced the tariff on cole, iron ore, wool, and sugar.

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Industrial Black Friday

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Industrial Black Friday Stocks plunged and a major panic struck in 1929. Wall streets worst crash since 1893.

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Romanticism VS Realism

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Romanticims emphasizes the ideal while Realism emphasizes the real.

Front 35

Panic of 1893

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Panic of 1893 Major stock market crash. Banks cut back in loans causing business to also crash.

Front 36

Coxey's Army

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Coxey and his army went to Washington to protest about the many people jobless and to promote Coxey's Good Roads.

Front 37

Pullman Strike

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One of the largest strikes in the country's history. When the employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company struck to protest wage cuts, continuing high rents and layoffs.

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In Re Debbs

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

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Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act

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reduced the tariff on cole, iron ore, wool, and sugar.

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Romanticism VS Realism

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Romanticims emphasizes the ideal while Realism emphasizes the real.

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Coin's Financial School

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popularized the free silver and populist movements.

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William Jennings Bryan

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He was a dominant force in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as its candidate for President of the United States

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Cross of Gold Speech

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was delivered by William Jennings Bryan at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 8, 1896. The speech advocated bimetallism

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Gold Standard Act

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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.