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13 Cards in this Set
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Pendleton Act |
A law of 1883 that reformed the soils system by prohibiting the government workers from making political contributions and creating civil service commission to oversee their appointment on the basis of merit rather than politics. Pg #688 |
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Framers alliance |
A broad mass movement in the rural South and west during the late 19th century, encompassing several organizations and demanding economic and political reforms. The southern farmers alliance is the largest of several organizations that formed in the post reconstruction South to advance the interest of beleaguered small farmers. Pg #690 |
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Mary Elizabeth lease |
Several women advanced through the ranks to become leading speakers and organizers. Elizabeth Lease achieved lasting fame for advising farmers to raise less corn and more hell. Pg #693 |
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Homestead strike |
The Homestead Strike, also known as the Homestead Steel Strike or Homestead Massacre, was an industrial lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892. Pg #696 |
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Social gospel |
A growing number of clergy called for reconciliation of social reality with Christian ideals. Catholics joined the movement in smaller numbers than that of Protestants. Women played a key role in the movement. Overall it was a Christian faith practiced as a call not just to personal conversion but to social reform. Pg #697 |
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William Jennings Bryan |
William Jennings Bryan was an American orator and politician from Nebraska, and a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's nominee for President of the United States. Pg #699 |
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Plessy v. Ferguson |
Supreme Court decision holding that Louisiana railroad segregation law did not violate the Constitution as long as the railroads or the state provided equal accommodations. Used as a way to segregate blacks. Pg #701 |
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Grandfather clauses |
Rules that required potential voters to demonstrate that their grandfather's had been eligible to vote; used in some southern states after 1890 to limit black electorate. Pg #701 |
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Ida b. Wells |
Ida was a anti lyncher. She was a young editor of a black newspaper in Memphis. She told against local whites who were angered and destroyed her press and forced her out of town. Pg #702 |
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Tom Watson |
Watson was a brief champion of interracial unity. He wanted to overturn democratic party by building black support. He also stirred the first truly interracial movement in the south. He alter changed his views and blamed blacks for conspiring against whites. Pg #703 |
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Alfred Thayer Mahan |
Alfred Thayer Mahan, was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century."Pg #707 |
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Open door policy |
According to the open door policy the u.s enjoyed the right to advance it's commercial interest anywhere I the world, at least on terms equal to those of other imperialist nations. Pg #708 |
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Yellow journalism |
journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration. Pg #712 |
