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35 Cards in this Set
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Benjamin Harrison
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US President inaugurated 1889. honest and abrupt.
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Thomas B. Reed
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Speaker for the House called "Czar Reed" because he used questionable methods of achieving required quorum.
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James B. Weaver
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Populist candidate
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Jacob S. Coxey
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Ohio businessman that led his "army" to Washington DC in protest
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Eugene V. Debs
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leader of Pullman strike. his case was important because the federal gov't sided with the rail road . kind of a symbol of the feds' policy
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Benjamin Harrison
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US President inaugurated 1889. honest and abrupt.
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Thomas B. Reed
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Speaker for the House called "Czar Reed" because he used questionable methods of achieving required quorum.
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James B. Weaver
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Populist candidate
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Jacob S. Coxey
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Ohio businessman that led his "army" to Washington DC in protest
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Eugene V. Debs
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leader of Pullman strike. his case was important because the federal gov't sided with the rail road . kind of a symbol of the feds' policy
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William Jennings Bryan
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if you don't know who this is...
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Richard Olney
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Made the order for federal troops to crush pullman strike
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William McKinley
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Republican candidate... was in civil war native of ohio
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Marcus A Hanna
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financial and political supporter of McKinley
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injunction
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used to outlaw pullman strike
"At the core of injunctive relief is a recognition that monetary damages cannot solve all problems" |
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bimetalism
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Republican stance on using both gold and silver as standard
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free silver
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using silver as standard
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sixteen to one
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ratio proposed by Bryan for 16oz silver to 1oz gold
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billion dollar congress
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congress under republican Harrison and reed that emptied the treasury surplus passing expensive laws and giving out pensions to union vets
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pension act
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under Harrison pensions givin to union vets serving over 90 days in C/W and unable to do manual labor
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sherman silv purch. act
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the us gov must redeem dollars in silver or gold.. this drained treasury gold reserves
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mckinley tariff
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highest tariff 48ish%
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omaha platform
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1892 populist platform
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homestead strike
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strike at carnegies steel plant... detectives were defied troops called 10 dead 60 hurt
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Jim Crow Laws
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laws passed by southern whites to keep blacks from gaining political power.
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depression of 1893
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many businesses and railroads failed along with banks and treasury was messed up
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pullman strike
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strike in which troops were called to break it up. important because it showed that the us gov was totally backing evil corporations.
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wilson gorman tariff
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highish tariff that had an income tax along with it. people liked the income tax but it was declared unconstitutional and ceased to exist
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cross of gold speach
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bryan's speech that got him candidacy for the democrats
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dingly tariff
Gold Standard Act |
replaced wilson gorman with really high tariff
paper currency was redeemable fully in gold inflation using gold. |
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depression of 1893
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many businesses and railroads failed along with banks and treasury was messed up
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pullman strike
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strike in which troops were called to break it up. important because it showed that the us gov was totally backing evil corporations.
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wilson gorman tariff
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highish tariff that had an income tax along with it. people liked the income tax but it was declared unconstitutional and ceased to exist
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cross of gold speach
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bryan's speech that got him candidacy for the democrats
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dingly tariff
Gold Standard Act |
replaced wilson gorman with really high tariff
paper currency was redeemable fully in gold inflation using gold. |
