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34 Cards in this Set
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Minor v. Happerset
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A court case that stated that voting was not a right of citizenship.
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Poll tax
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A tax required by some states that was to cut out poor whites and blacks from the voting booths
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Williams v. Mississippi.
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A supreme court case that was an attempt to shoot down attempts to keep blacks from voting with the poll tax and such, but it failed.
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Literacy test
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A test for voters that required them to pass to vote. Meant to keep blacks out of the polls.
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Grandfather clause
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A law that said that anyone who's grandfather had voted in 1867 could vote no matter the tax or test. Of course, blacks couldn't.
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Homestead act
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an act passed by congress that divied up the land between farmers who wanted western land.
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Munn v. Illinois
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a supreme court case that concluded that private property for the public good could be managed by the government.
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Wabash Decision
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The supreme court decided in this case that the national government would manage interstate commerce rather than the states.
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ICC
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An agency created by Grover Cleveland to manage railroads.
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Interstate commerce act
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A law passed by the federal government made to restrict railroads and created the ICC.
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Bland-Allison Silver Purchase act
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An act vetoed by Rutherford B Hayes that went over his veto. It called for free coinage of silver.
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James G. Blaine
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A Republican congressman who ran for presidency and lost several times. He was speaker for the house and a senator at different points of time.
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Pendleton Act
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An act in response to the assassination of Garfield that reformed the civil service.
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McKinley Tariff act
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An act passed that raised tariffs dramatically.
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Sherman antitrust act
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The first attempt to regulate big business, it didn't do much, and in fact was turned on the unions by the businesses.
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US v. E.C. Knight
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The first interpritation of the Sherman Antitrust Act, it said that manufacturers weren't subject to the law, only commerce was restricted.
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Sherman Silver Purchase act
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An attempt to bring Silver into the economy in addition to gold because of its abundance.
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Silverites
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Supporters of silver currency.
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BIllion dollar congress
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the congress of 1890 that set future policies, but was reacted to with outrage due to the amount they spent.
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farmers alliances
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A union of farmers that banded together to try to bring in more agreeable conditions to commerce for southern and western farmers.
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Ocala demands
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the platform of the farmers associations that included a sub treasury system, free coinage of silver, and an end to tariffs.
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populist party
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A political party that included mostly the farmers from the south and west
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Greenback-labor party
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A political third party that was eventually taken in by the Populist party
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Industrial black friday
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a day of terrible strain on the stock market, industrial stocks plummeted dramatically.
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Panic of 1893
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In one day, investors cashed in their stocks and investors plummeted.
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Coxey's army
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A ragtag bunch of out-of-workers led by Coxey to demand work building roads.
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Pullman Strike
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A strike on the Pullman car company, one of the biggest strikes in history. Paralyzed the western half of the nation.
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In Re Debs
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The supreme court decision that the national government does have the right to regulate interstate commerce and ensure the success of the postal service.
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Wilson-Gormiff tariff act
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Supported by Democrats, slightly dropped the tariff rates of the United States.
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Romanticism vs. Realism
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the fictional world of heroes and villains of the genre of romanticism versus the real-world fiction of realism.
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Coin's financial school
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A pamphlet that helped to popularize the silver coinage and populist movements
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William Jennings Bryan
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American politician who took a Democratic platform. he was extremely religeous and ran for president many times, never succeeding.
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Cross of gold speech
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A famous speech by William Jennings Bryan about the gold and silver controversy.
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Gold standard act
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Set gold as the standard and ended the silver controversy
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