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34 Cards in this Set
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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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MCKINLEY TARIFF ACT
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raised tariffs to record level
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SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT
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attempted to prevent monopolies, not powerful
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US V. EC KNIGHT
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court cased that weakened sherman antitrust
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SHERMAN SILVER PURCHASE ACT
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set up a program to purchase silver
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SILVERITES
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people in the south and west who had a hard on for silver
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NATIONAL FARMERS ALLIANCE AND INDUSTRIAL UNION (ALL THE ALLIANCES)
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farming unions that attempted to help the agrarian populationa and formed the populist party
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BILLION DOLLAR CONGRESS
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republican congress of 1890, record number of acts
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OCALA DEMANDS(PLATFORM)
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farm alliance platform that support silver, regulation of railroads
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POPULIST PARTY
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party formed by farmers, alliance groups, liked silver
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james G. Blaine
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lost 1884 election to cleveland
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Pendelton act
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set up system of hiring civil service employees, still used today
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GREENBACK-LABOR PARTY
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party taht backed printed money, mostly laborers
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INDUSTRIAL BLACK FRIDAY
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day that started the panic of 1893
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PANIC OF 1893
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the worst panic the country had yet seen
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COXEY'S ARMY
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unemployed army that wanted gov jobs
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PULLMAN STRIKE
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railroad strike, joined by eugene debs and the ARU
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IN RE DEBS
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court supported use of injunctions
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WILSON-GORMAN TARIFF ACT
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reduced tariffs
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ROMANTICISM VS REALISM
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realism became popular realiest aproach to literature
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COIN'S FINANICAL SCHOOL
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pamphlet that popularized silver and populism
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WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
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democratic presidential candidate, cross of gold speech
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CROSS OF GOLD SPEECH
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speech by william jennings Bryan , emotional and popularized silver
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GOLD STANDARD ACT
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restored gold standard and removed silver
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