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32 Cards in this Set
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Minor v Happerset
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did not provide suffrage for women, the Fourteenth Amendment did not confer that right
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Poll Tax
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equally on all adults at the time of voting and is not affected by property ownership or income.
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Williams v Mississippi
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The Supreme Court did not find discrimination in the state's requirements for voters to pass a literacy test and pay poll taxes, as these were applied to all voters
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Literacy Test
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practice of testing the literacy of potential citizens at the federal level, and potential voters at the state level.
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Grandfather Clause
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If your grandfather was white and voted before the civil war you were excluded from voting acts.
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Homestead Act
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Granting 160 acres lands for a ten dollar fee.
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Munn v Illinios
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he upheld legislation proposed by the National Grange to regulate grain elevator rates, declaring that business interests (private property) used for public good be regulated by government
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Wabash Decision
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led to the creation of the first modern regulatory agency, the Interstate Commerce Commission
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ICC
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Agency authorizing to investigate and oversee railroad activities.
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Interstate Commerce Act
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began to resent the apparent stranglehold the railroads exerted over many parts of the country. However, the postwar presidents and many in Congress resisted intervention in economic matters.
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Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act
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Comprmise between two groups governing coinage of silver; calling for a partial coinage
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James G Blaine
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advocacy of black suffrage, but opposed the coercive measures of the Radical Republicans during the administration of Ulysses S. Grant. He opposed a general amnesty bill, secured the support of the Union veterans who mobilized as the Grand Army of the Republic, worked for a reduction in the tariff and generally sought and obtained strong support from the western states. Railroad promotion and construction
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Pendleton Act
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The law established a three-person, bi-partisan panel to develop exams to hire federal employees based on merit. The act initially covered 10% of federal employees
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Mckinley Tariff Act
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raised tariffs and brought new trouble to farmers, who were forced to buy high-priced, protected products from American manufacturers but sell their own products into highly competitive, unprotected world markets
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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The purpose of the act was to oppose the combination of entities that could potentially harm competition, such as monopolies or cartels
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US v EC Knight
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any action against manufacturing monopolies would need to be taken by individual states,
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Sherman Silver Purchase Act
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boost the economy and cause inflation, allowing them to pay their debts with cheaper dollars; by keeping the price of silver constant
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Silverities
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free coinage of silver
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Billion Dollar Congress
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the fifty first congress was teased for lavished spending
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National Farmers Alliance and Indistrial Union
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sought to organize farmers in the south and west to fight for reform
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Ocala Demands
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Subtreasuried free silver coinage; end protective tariff
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Populist party
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a radical agrarian-oriented American political party
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Greenback- Labor Party
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referred to paper money, or "greenbacks," that had been issued during the American Civil War and afterward. The party opposed the shift from paper money back to a bullion coin-based monetary system because it believed that privately owned banks and corporations would then reacquire the power to define the value of products and labor
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Panic of 1893
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this panic was marked by the collapse of 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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a protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by the populist Jacob Coxey
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Pullman Strike
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conflict between labor unions and railroads that occurred in the United States in 1894
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Ir Re Debs
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president of the American Railway Union, had been involved in the Pullman Strike earlier in 1894 and challenged the federal injunction ordering the strikers back to work
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Wilson- Gorman Tariff Act
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one of the first income taxes
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Coin's Financial School
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popularize the free silver and populist movements
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William Jennings Bryan
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retained control of the Democratic Party
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Cross of Gold Speech
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The most famous speech in American political history was delivered by William Jennings Bryan
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Gold Standard Act
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established gold as the only standard for redeeming paper money,
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